Parking spots for truckers
- Raising your voice is key to cutting the time it takes to find parking spots for truckers. It’s a mistake to assume lawmakers are aware of how dire the need for parking is. Parking has become the No. 1 issue for professional drivers today, but a fix is available to solve this crisis.
- Now it is up to us to discuss this issue and find a solution. Under the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act, introduced in the House of Representatives and Senate, $755 million is earmarked for improving safe and secure parking for commercial vehicles over three years. We can’t assume—yes, there’s that word—that Congress knows how vital this issue is to our industry.
- Here’s how dire things are: Most truckers struggle to find safe and secure truck parking on our roads today because there is only one available spot for every 11 drivers. Many drivers are placed in the unenviable position of choosing between compliance with the hours-of-service regulations or parking illegally, a conundrum that no driver should ever face.
- The parking shortage is a financial burden to our nation’s professional truck drivers, who lose on average $5,500 in annual compensation searching for safe and secure parking.
- The efficiency of our nation’s fragile supply chain continues to be examined, so gaining time for our drivers to advance their loads rather than searching for safe and secure parking should be at the forefront of conversations that we have with legislators and that they have with one another. Undoubtedly, drivers would continue to move the needle on productivity if they could drive. Our drivers deserve more and safer parking options and no less than more rewarding and profitable careers. This would be a win for everybody.
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