My biggest fear every night I park at a hotel

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Distinct_Self5679@reddit

Leave yourself an out...that's what I was told

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Pitiful-MobileGamer@reddit (OP)

I roll an 80-footer car hauler, leaving yourself an out is mandatory. I usually park in a way that doesn't allow others to block my way, and if I can't I use cones.

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mike-2129@reddit

He did it on purpose so he could sleep in.

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Key-Indication9664@reddit

It’s probably taken during Covid. That’s where they kept the bodies on ice.

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acutemisadventure@reddit

There's always that one guy at the orgy..

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RealSharpNinja@reddit

That driver was an idiot. Always have an escape plan!

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bored_apeman@reddit

Guy who trained me said “ ALWAYS park to leave”

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roberttheiii@reddit

I am not a trucker but I also do this. People are like “why do you back park weirdo?” Because I know I have time now. Not sure the circumstances under which I will be leaving though…

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Baberaham_Lincoln_69@reddit

It also just makes more sense to back into a space than it does to back out of it into potentially moving cars and people.

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My company has a policy for four wheeled cage drivers to park backed in. It reduces accidents. Backing into a spot, you have awareness of the road and parking area. Whereas, Backing out of the parking spot leaves you limited about the environment you’re entering.

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jfweasel@reddit

I was taught the same thing and still practice it 20 years later.

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RealSharpNinja@reddit

Before trucking, I have about 50,000 miles of rideshare under my belt. There is a lot of overlap in the kind of situational awareness required for both jobs. Knowing how to leave is just as important as finding the destination for both.

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JankyMark@reddit

Facts like use your common sense

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Eternal_Moose@reddit

Bro, we can't even read and you want us to have common sense too? So demanding.

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JankyMark@reddit

I know to much to think about lol

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puente636@reddit

Que?

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Sir_Uncle_Bill@reddit

There's a problem with that. It's not very common.

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GrilledCheeser@reddit

Ah yes. Something all truck drivers have.

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ActionBastard117@reddit

This, driving dedicated dollar stores I learned quick on how not to box urself in

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Robjla@reddit

No trucker would stay at a hotel in the first place

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Pitiful-MobileGamer@reddit (OP)

Oh man I guess I'm not a trucker then. Guess I got to start stringing a hammock up on the back row of the piss soaked truck stop.

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Meatbuns66@reddit

Lmao

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JayGT1@reddit

Lots of places to park there

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Salt_Bus2528@reddit

Never park in the middle of the lot.

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MachStyle@reddit

To make it worse. There is no truck. That's just a refer trailer dropped in the middle of the lot. You can see the refer unit pointing away from the hotel with a car parked in front. Dude probably dropped it and left to do what ever and all the cars parked around it.

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Pitiful-MobileGamer@reddit (OP)

I do see that oh my God that's even better

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redittr@reddit

Might actually be there for the hotel.
Their coolroom might have failed, so they have this brought in to keep the food from going bad while they have the internal one repaired. This might have been the only spot clear when they delivered it.

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meizhong@reddit

During a hurricane in Orlando FL once, I dropped my refer trailer at one of the customers on my route.

I basically made a deal with them, it gave me a place to leave the trailer so I could bobtail home (not that far away) and wait out the hurricane, and I showed them how to turn on and adjust the temp in case the power went out and they had to use it.

Win/win.

Of course, it was parked on the side building away from where cars parked.

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Ancient-Composer7789@reddit

Good point.

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shadowmib@reddit

Yeah I found it on street view and that's probably what it is. Either there walk-in cooler went out or maybe there was some big thing going on that they needed a bunch of extra cooler space to house everything temporarily. If I was curious enough I would just give them a call and ask lol

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LuRkEr_ReKuL@reddit

It’s probably full of 18,000 lbs of rejected product.

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Exotic_Macaron4288@reddit

Streetview seems to show the same reefer with a bus parked next to it.

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Omardemon@reddit

Damn, didn’t notice that at first, good catch!

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Medical_You_8964@reddit

He got the magic eye

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Wizard_with_a_Pipe@reddit

Good eye! On closer look that's exactly right.

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Konnie-@reddit

I understand your fear,but this dudes an idiot who parks blocking 2 parking rows? And for a business that's active on top off that?

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Pitiful_Owl_4141@reddit

Nobody with a brain is parking right there

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Sada_Yukinaga_2@reddit

Wouldn't it make sense to call 911 and they'll dispatch tow trucks?

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Anxious_Ad909@reddit

What trucker would park like that anyway. Find you a corner and make sure you have an out

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aJaxtheProtector@reddit

Why on EARTH would you park in the middle of a parking lot?? Also, there must have been very minimal cars for him to get there in the first place

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Rex_Uru@reddit

That driver didn't "get done dirty" - that driver is an idiot and shouldn't have a CDL. What the fuck he think was gonna happen here parking in the middle of the lot. "OH am a big truck they wouldn't dare park all around and block me in" fucktard deserved it.

Hope his appointment was at 6AM next door to the hotel.

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RxdditRoamxr@reddit

Drivers an idiot yes, but shouldn’t have a CDL? Because he made a stupid parking decision? seems like overkill.

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Rex_Uru@reddit

Yea. Its driving 101. Leave yourself an out. Even if the lot was completely empty, parkimg in the middle of a parking lot not designed for 75 foot vehicles is incompetence

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RxdditRoamxr@reddit

Like I said, drivers an idiot….It’s driving 101 for OTR guys that sleep in trucks. But this could be a day cabs first overnight hence the hotel maybe he’s never had to consider leaving the next day. To say they shouldn’t have a cdl because they chose a shitty parking spot that doesn’t put anyone at risk is top tier bs. They made a stupid mistake and will have to deal with the consequences ie getting people to move before they can leave. But this is nowhere close to something you shouldn’t have a cdl over. You’re being dramatic

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Rex_Uru@reddit

Get your eyes checked. It is clear that's not a day cab.

If it was also, as a day cab guy, we still know better than park where we will get stuck.

Common sense, man. If they do something that stupid and incompetent. Guaranteed they also do stupid shit while driving.

And having an opinion is not being dramatic. The drama is you trying to tell me my opinion is wrong cause you think its an honest mistake. This is not painting with Bob Ross and happy accidents.

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RxdditRoamxr@reddit

Lmaooo telling me to get my eyes checked when it’s a trailer with no truck attached is hilarious. Maybe you shouldn’t have a cdl

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BigMikeAltoona@reddit

Who parks in the middle. I always parked on the side of the hotel when I had to stay.

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TheHookahgreecian2@reddit

Lol he ain't getting out

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RxdditRoamxr@reddit

Where those school buses are is the commercial parking section. I drive by there daily. This driver is an idiot. There’s also a section you can park on the road directly outside that hotel of the lot is full

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mada447@reddit

Guys am I the only one that sees there is no truck and this is just a trailer only?

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shadowmib@reddit

No, I looked it up on street view and it's just a reefer trailer

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Beneficial_Mood_2978@reddit

Can’t see? I’m barely getting my cdl so I don’t know what to expect. What’s going on?

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PGMHN@reddit

That truck is boxed in and probably doesn’t have enough space to pull out

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shadowmib@reddit

There's actually no truck, just the reefer trailer

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dehkan@reddit

Probably nothing. He definitely isn't getting out of there without some cars moving

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xDoomKitty@reddit

He also ain't getting out of there without a truck

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PGMHN@reddit

I initially replied after a quick glance, then i putt my glasses on and looked closer

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UScratchedMyCD@reddit

Truck thought he was the main character and decided to park right in the middle of the carpark ignoring the fact it would undoubtedly fill out. Truck will now be regretting his decisions as he sees if he was will to walk a couple hundred feet in the first place and park in one of about a dozen different other spots in that photo as he's not going anywhere without finding a bunch of car owners to shift for him.

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daemonescanem@reddit

No that's driver let himself get trapped.

Always pick a hotel you can park at and have a way out.

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shadowmib@reddit

It's actually a dropped reefer trailer. The hotels probably using it as extra freezer space or something

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shadowmib@reddit

I found the location in Toronto. I use street view to eyeball the lot and it shows there's a couple of buses and a dropped reefer trailer in there on street view LOL

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Sufficient_Wall5192@reddit

Always told to park where you don't get blocked. Be in a position to not back out. Keep forward.

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Sufficient_Tooth_949@reddit

Why would you not park on the edge?!? Plenty of room to be out of the way there

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SharkDad20@reddit

At least its not going anywhere. He left it in a safe place!

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dz1n3@reddit

Smacks the roof* "This bad boys not going anywhere!"

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itsjustmeto@reddit

I mean. Why wouldn’t you park along the outer edge of the parking lot.

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W1D0WM4K3R@reddit

Anyone else see the dock situation up top and think that one guy is a bit of a jerk for parking next to the fence in the choke?

Then I saw the reefer in the hotel lot lol.

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illdoitlaterokay@reddit

It could just be storage for a renovation company or something. Need 300 new mattresses? Lot easier pulling off a truck as needed then torturing the fedex driver.

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Dorito-Bureeto@reddit

He went short instead of long at the end

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AdventurousLawyer646@reddit

Trying to be courteous I'm sure. But he learned a valuable lesson this time.

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HowlingWolven@reddit

That driver parked the wrong way.

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NickAppleese@reddit

WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING TO PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING LOT!?

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AATW702@reddit

I see a few places where this jackass coulda parked 🤣🤣🤣

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kanodoggg@reddit

That driver wasn't forward thinking

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Candid_Bet9603@reddit

Yeah that's a night mare

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Live_Quality_7127@reddit

I would’ve parked on the sidelines.. Unless ur bobtail I would definitely park in the parking lot, but if I got a trailer I’m on the side lines. 😂

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loverd84@reddit

Self induced fear????

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West_Imagination3237@reddit

Why would someone park a tractor-trailer in such a way?

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P0667P@reddit

for those curious minds - LOCATION

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skeletons_asshole@reddit

Congrats! You live there now

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happyexit7@reddit

Why would anyone park and not give yourself an out?

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Microshlongg@reddit

Took me a while to figure out what everyone was talking about. For the legally blind folks look in the parking lot of the hotel you’ll see a white truck with a trailer.

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XXXKXXXXKX@reddit

And if you look even harder you’ll see there’s not a truck and that it’s a car parked facing the trailer.

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Microshlongg@reddit

😮😮😮😮

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Beneficial_Mood_2978@reddit

Ohhh crap I see it! I was looking at the red point. That’s messed up. Do you usually have a good spot to park at hotels? Or can it be 50/50

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PlsCheckThisBush@reddit

Always Google maps the location and ask when you call them. Most of the ones with truck parking have a gravel or dirt lot for the trucks - it keeps jackass 4 wheelers out of parking there. Some of them have actual pavement but 9/10 times it’s filled with 4 wheelers towing their off-road toys or the classic U-Haul that thinks they’re a big truck and parks sideways in the middle. The terrible lot conditions and being far away to waddle to the front door makes them think twice. The best ones are mall parking lot hotels - tons of room and it’s paved.

You sort of make a mental list of what hotels are worth a shit for parking. Like a couple have “truck parking” but it’s 2 spots, 1 way in, and back-in only and a 97’ set of triples doesn’t exactly maneuver like that and you’re not guaranteed a safe spot when you get there. So you adjust your game plan for where you can safely put yourself and the truck for the night.

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Financial-Prize9691@reddit

Hotels that advertise for truck drivers usually have dedicated parking spots

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Metaltom1970@reddit

Looks like it’s in service to the hotel.

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Mikey24941@reddit

When I drove a bus after dropping the group off and my stuff and I would park at the back or sometimes a neighboring business that wasn’t open at night.

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Pitiful-MobileGamer@reddit (OP)

With everybody having cameras, triggered alerts that usually doesn't work. I would never do that in a state with predatory towing as well, they'd see my car hauler as a huge piggy bank.

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