Truckers Want More Parking to Allow for Mandatory Driver Rests

Only one parking space exists for every 11 trucks on the road today in the United States.
Truckers Want More Parking to Allow for Mandatory Driver Rests
Tractor-trailers idle at a truck stop on Jan. 13, 2004, in Hampshire, Illinois. Tim Boyle/Getty Images
Beth Brelje
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Truck drivers must decide every day how they will break the law. Their choices are to illegally park on the side of the highway to rest or to look for a proper parking space and risk the consequences of driving beyond the federally mandated hours of service.

The United States has a truck parking space shortage, with one parking space for every 11 trucks on the road today, according to statistics from the American Trucking Associations (ATA).

Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
Reporter
Beth Brelje is a former reporter with The Epoch Times. Ms. Brelje previously worked in radio for 20 years and after moving to print, worked at Pocono Record and Reading Eagle.