Do y'all ever feel a little weird when no one's around?

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EvenBrstsRBiggerInTx@reddit

I love driving at night. It’s so peaceful and relaxing!

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colbsk1@reddit

There's always someone around, you just can't see them.

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Top-Respond-3744@reddit

Nah. The voices are always there.

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When I run Calexico, CA to Laredo, TX and hop off I10 to 277, I can go two hours not passing anyone in either direction heading south to 55 when it’s late at night. Run it frequently and there’s zero cell service for decent stretches/no truck stops. Having a blowout down there would be a major bummer.

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planetbuster@reddit

think starlink would still work? at least youd be able to make a call with ms-teams or email someone or something..

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Ornery_Ads@reddit (OP)

Starlink is amazing with what it does, but coverage is whatever Elon wants it to be at any particular time. Garmin InReach is an old school device, its a dumb connection, but it works *anywhere* in the world (including oceans and poles).

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allplay@reddit

That's what I have as my satellite phone from work.

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allplay@reddit

Interesting that it's like that there. I run the Al-Can lots and there's some huge zero service areas. I have a satellite phone though.

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opinionated_penguin@reddit

It’s fairly close to the border and just not that inhabited. There have been a few times where my carrier swaps me over to Mexico for a few minutes when I do have service. Same thing happened to me at Niagara Falls when Verizon swapped me over to Canada cellular while on the U.S. side.

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Yadilie@reddit

NC/SC-38 and SC-501 going down to Myrtle Beach in the early morning is like this. Real nice not having to deal with people.

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Str8impact@reddit

I'm not trying to hit any animals but I promise you if a deer runs out in front of me I don't have a problem turning it into tenderized venison

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DriberGlenn@reddit

I get spooked Im in the wrong lane, going against traffic. It’s always a relief when I see headlights in the mirror. Sometimes I think maybe the highway is closed and I will be coming up on a horrible scene.

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Will-Phill@reddit

I pulled up on a guy dying in middle of road once when he hit deer on motorcycle. Had to get a helicopter in there to try and save him in time.

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DriberGlenn@reddit

I don’t ride at night, because of deer.

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Ornery_Ads@reddit (OP)

This exactly. It's like... am I not supposed to be here? Where is... anybody?

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_Aech_@reddit

Especially if it's a place you've been before and it's usually busier. Like...did I miss the sign closing down the road for some emergency? For a funny video of one such closure, check out [405 the Movie](https://www.405themovie.com/media) if you've never seen it (pretty amazing CGI for a couple of guys with barely any budget in 2000). It'll definitely make you check your mirrors thoroughly next time you're alone on the road and start getting that weird feeling of impending doom.

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HopeItMakesYaThink@reddit

That’s the fun part - someone is always around. If you pay them any attention, they might start paying you some attention…then the real fun begins.

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MrWisdom_1994Stx@reddit

I sometimes feel I crashed and my soul is running on a lonely road till I see headlights from a distance and feel a big relief😂

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Queasy-Being1384@reddit

Nope, love it!

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RefrigeratorWitty986@reddit

Nope. That means easy driving.

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Big_Ingenuity4883@reddit

Bittersweet. I team drive so my boyfriends in sleeper whenever I’m “alone. It is eerie though depending the area.

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Ahwtfohok@reddit

Nope. That's when I'm the most comfortable

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Vanstrucker2222@reddit

For real. I work nights and it’s so blissful. I can go as fast or as slow as I want.

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Penguin_Arse@reddit

Aren't you stressed about hitting animals at night?

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Will-Phill@reddit

nope, Just pray and ask God to Protect animals ss u drive.

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mcmain4@reddit

Yes but my company puts Bull guards on all there semi's so idc if I see a deer, if it doesn't move its getting obliterated. I'm not risking my life and semi to swerve out of the way.

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Penguin_Arse@reddit

I still don't want to hit a deer/boar even if I and the car will be fine

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Vanstrucker2222@reddit

It’s not something I usually think about.

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Penguin_Arse@reddit

I don't know where you usually drive but if I drove at night I have to stop for animals a couple of times per night unless I want a bloodbath.

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Vanstrucker2222@reddit

Houston area.

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Nr_Dick@reddit

night-shift gang come out. Even when I was OTR, I'd get up ridiculously early so that I could burn half my time at night while everyone else was asleep and park early in the afternoon. Parking was never a problem, traffic only got bad when the sun came out. Now I'm local linehaul, moving trailers a few hours down the road and back.

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P3tr0@reddit

The best, quiet dark empty road. Sun isn't burning me 50 shades darker, some dummy isn't speed matching me to my left for no reason, scales usually closed, parking is wide open when the day is over. 8 years in so far and at least 80% of my driving is nights and I don't plan on changing that

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Rispetto@reddit

Plus being able to run your highbeams for as long as you want. Night time *and* you can still see? Sign me up. I'll take this over big city daytime driving any day of the week.

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Beneficial_Cloud5481@reddit

I can finally relax.

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Will-Phill@reddit

nope, best time to drive

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Ok-Independent-6124@reddit

Best feeling in the world, when no one is around…. Just gotta watch out for the dumbass wildlife that’ll run out in front of ya. Smoked many deer on midnight runs

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Juan_Rempel@reddit

Makes me look up roads ahead, is there something I don't know and is the highway closed up ahead.

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Oersch@reddit

Time for the black dog on the side of the road to scare you shitless.

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Visible_Welcome3340@reddit

Not really. Some highways can definitely be eerie. I hate the route at night northern ca to Oregon on that 90 mile tight uphill

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Nekikins@reddit

I drove for almost 2 hours like this Sunday. It was amazing.

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MajorHymen@reddit

That’s best case scenario. Same reason why Christmas Eve is my absolute favorite night to drive as a night driver. I think it was 3 or 4 years ago I was leaving SLC on Christmas Eve at about 9pm. I got all the way to Burley Idaho before seeing another vehicle. I went the 180 some odd miles not seeing an another vehicle on my side or traveling the opposite direction. Also a ton of times traveling on the 94 in Montana I’ve driven the entire way into North Dakota never having a vehicle on my side. Pure bliss.

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ZebraHour@reddit

Midnight club

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LetterheadIcy1744@reddit

As someone who rides night shift and mostly east coast, it is less stressful but the amount of people who drive drunk or tired goes up…. So that sometimes frustrates me but I’ll take it any day… unless you’re going through a big city best time to leave is around 2-5 pm and drive the whole shift. Sleep in always get a spot and be able to get to receivers or shippers early without it bothering you’re schedule if you can keep one lol

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cam5515@reddit

Shit can get really weird out there when you are driving for hours especially at night. I had a night where I was looking at my GPS to see how far I was from my destination. When I looked back at it again after a few minutes somewhere around 50 miles had been added to the distance. I was on a straight road with no turns. I was convinced I had just had a premonition. Then around an hour later my GPS hit the mileage I saw the first time and soon after I hit a deer. It was a really weird night.

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Savagemocha@reddit

No I feel like I can relax for a second

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Bamfurlough@reddit

Awesome feeling...

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Itsalmostover71@reddit

Nope. Looked my demons in the eye and laughed.

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HappyAnimalCracker@reddit

Humble 4 wheeler here. Your pic is so good I had to share a story. I was driving in a setting like this around 1:00 am but it was cold, snowing pretty good, and a little slick. Hadn’t seen a sign of life for *at least* a half hour. No vehicles, no houses, no lights. This was before cell phones. CB was on, ch 19. Dead air. Out of the blue comes a voice that says “Eastbound, you got a dead deer in the right lane just ahead of you.” I didn’t know if they were talking to me but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to get into the left lane, and as I changed lanes, a dead deer appeared on the road in front of me. I just missed it by what felt like inches. I hopped on the mic and thanked whoever gave me the warning, but there was no response. Only the dead air for another hour or so before I saw signs of life again. That gave me plenty of time to think how fucked I would have been if I had hit that deer out there. I still wonder where that voice came from.

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Wangledome@reddit

It's so calming and relaxing, a serene point where it's usually chaotic and frantic city driving, so I love it when roads empty into nothing for miles on end

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bmf1989@reddit

Not unless I have to pullover and get out of the truck in the middle of the night for some reason. I can feel the skinwalker eyes on me. Otherwise no one on the road is preferable

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ck_acme@reddit

yep

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Monlstat7@reddit

I took a local day job this past year. I'm constantly angry.

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85cdubya@reddit

We travel a lot. Its always creepy to shut off headlights and its completely a black out. No lights anywhere. Western states, you can go 30 minutes.

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MountainRambler395@reddit

On a full moon you can drive with no headlights at all. Not comfortably lol but you can

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Kbug7201@reddit

Years & years ago, a lightning bug hit the windshield of my VW bug while I was driving on a back road. No other cars around. Turned off my lights to see the bug glow for a short while.

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Shut_It_Donny@reddit

Pulled over in Montana one night. Shut the truck off, no lights. Could only tell the horizon because the stars stopped there. Eery and beautiful.

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Mindless_Pandemic@reddit

Like the rapture happened and you got left out?

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KingofthePi11@reddit

Its comforting until you see a pair of glowing eyes out of your passenger side window keeping pace with you 40 feet out fron the darkness

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Ornery_Ads@reddit (OP)

https://youtube.com/shorts/YV5Jt4Hau2M?si=oOKnPOHSIFop84DF

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KingofthePi11@reddit

Ooo that's good!

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Acrobatic_Ocelot_461@reddit

Sure miss Art Bell.

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Salt_Bus2528@reddit

Every once in a while, if I don't see anyone on the road, especially when there should be, I think about the last hour on the road to make sure it wasn't because of me 😂

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Kronica184@reddit

Thats the part I miss most with trucking! Open road, didn't matter if it was day or night, rain or shine. Those empty roads brought such peace and ease. Then your drive tire blows at 3am and you're stuck on the side of the highway for 5 hours. Ahhhhhhhhhh, love it!

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caseylain@reddit

wish I could, can't see too good at night and my trucks headlights are 1990's bright.

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T_Track210@reddit

Every time

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maddpsyintyst@reddit

As long as it's there, it'll never feel weird! 😆 Oh, wait, sorry, I completely misunderstood. 🤦

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mcmain4@reddit

No, but I do wanna strangle every blind or self entitled person who thinks leaving there brights on is okay. (Shitboxes get a pass, they usually have a headlight out)

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Ill-Year-3141@reddit

If all my drops and pickups weren't in the middle of the day, this would be my normal view and I would love every minute of it. Traffic and ignorant, dumbass drivers are one of the biggest sources of stress for me, but then, I'm on I-80 daily, Chicago is horrid and the rest is just as bad.

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Odds_Assumption@reddit

Yes.. I dislike nighttime driving for this reason it feels so lonely.. when I see a truck finally coming up I follow it till I cant no more because im not about to be alone at 2am.. lol

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Little_Dikk@reddit

Nope. I love it when I go miles down the road and I’m the only truck around

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bostonbean@reddit

I-85 in Virginia, always creepy. I try to never stop.

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Adept-Lettuce948@reddit

Wait until you realize all those other trucker brothers are nothing more than robote.

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duhrun@reddit

That’s my best place, it’s very rare though.

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Leaf-Stars@reddit

I love it. Reminds me of 94 in ND or Montana.

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Frybread002@reddit

You out in North Dakota OP?

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DFW_DKing_Nerd@reddit

Nah this is peaceful.

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the_clam_farmer@reddit

No that's my ideal driving condition

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oasuke@reddit

No. I used to have a dedicated route that was 90% back roads in the woods at 12AM. I wouldn't see any cars until 5AM and it was the best damn route I've ever had. Driving on the interstate made me angry again.

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Silent_Agent9960@reddit

Always

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GivemesomeBahrain@reddit

When I was in my first winter around 2-3 months into my trucking career, I was on a state highway in Iowa. Completely covered in snow. Then, the blizzard hit. I was lucky I was heavy and cautious. I tried to push to make my appointment and ended up missing it anyway. It was a good lesson not to drive when the roads are empty and to avoid pushing through dangerous weather for freight. I had to t-call it in Gary, IN after all of that. The consignee staff went home early. I was 30 minutes late.

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mindsunwound@reddit

Nope, if nobody is around, I feel free.

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hugothebear@reddit

I drive in the northeast megalopolis, i’d start wondering ‘did i fuck up, does everyone else know something i dont?’

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dieselonmyturkey@reddit

Love it

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tonythebutcher13@reddit

Turn your high beams on and the cars will just appear out of no where

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BingBongFyourWife@reddit

Yep. Especially at night if I’m trying to find parking. Nobody there means they’re all parked already in all the spots, at least in my head

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groovyinutah@reddit

Only if I have to get out of the truck...

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Objective_Cap_9771@reddit

Berry

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Waisted-Desert@reddit

You get that, "Did something happen? What am I missing?" feeling.

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Emotional-Salad-5092@reddit

That’s when the UFO’s suck you up for a few hours

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Anxious_Ad909@reddit

Love it!

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Wrong_Year_5406@reddit

I try my hardest not to drive at night. I need to see the sky, landscape, be able to turn my head for more than 2 seconds. I cant steadily drive at night just only looking at the road .

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genosx71@reddit

I like it for peace of mind but 4 wheelers keep me awake when running nights

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Normal_Pepper57@reddit

I love it lol

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get-off-of-my-lawn@reddit

Quite the opposite. I feel most “at home” when I’m in that long stretch of void. I don’t drive a truck but I drive 200+ miles at a time for work.

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Microshlongg@reddit

It feels sedative. Especially with a nice podcast and music going

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Moses690@reddit

In WV, I see more deer than cars

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RobertFahey@reddit

There’s a song about that: https://youtu.be/sYZ3i5UwI9Y?si=eBkheQtKx9reHJgE

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FWD_to_twin_turbo@reddit

Driving down I49 at night is nice because there is barely anyone there. Just you, the open road, and the police departments, who seems to have taught their cruisers how to climb trees and hide behind fences.

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sMacPL@reddit

1 hour? Man I can drive for 5 and not have anyone around me

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FloridaRon@reddit

That's the way I liked to truck... instrument panel just high enough to see the gauges, mirrors adjusted perfect so i only saw behind when I turned my head, all glass spotless... easy on the eyes because when the eyes tire the mind tires.

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Introverted-headcase@reddit

Those were my favorite times. Just me and lots of empty space. Clear nights, star filled skies, full moon, no city sounds. Mother nature in all her glory.

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Lumpy-Macaron4512@reddit

I have plenty of voices in my head to keep me company

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Rdtisgy1234@reddit

I like it, but I would prefer to see one vehicle every 5 minutes or so.

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wylee_one@reddit

its when I worry about wildlife the most actually

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skhell@reddit

I run the Northeast US, so there's always someone around me regardless of time and location. Solitude seems nice.

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West-Wash6081@reddit

Nope. I love the empty road.

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tobi_tlm@reddit

Loat Highway

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Excellent_Pay_8782@reddit

Only concern is deer, other than that I love it. Kinda wish I saw something interesting sometimes though. One of those "omg did you see that!!!" only to remember no one else is in the truck with me 🤣

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tarkanneo@reddit

Don’t know about y’all but that’s when I’m in my element!

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vexumy@reddit

It’s perfect. Don’t have to worry about anyone hitting you or doing something stupid around you. The safest place for a truck is anywhere, as long as he’s alone.

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Over-Cardiologist743@reddit

Most relaxed i ever feel, other than laying down before i go to sleep. I do 80% of my driving at night.

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pingus3233@reddit

Yeah then you see one of those elk on a hoverboard that the signs are warning us about

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kannin92@reddit

Love it. Can't wait for my new shift for this reason. 2:30 am to 2:30 pm. Get the sun at home and hardly any people for the first 5/6 hours. Also the reason why I loved working the weekend until I had kids.

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Less_Marionberry3051@reddit

looks cool

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Dangerous-Moods@reddit

A little. I start thinking about ghosts, ufo’s, breaking down in a no service area and hitchhikers lmao!

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koryx1@reddit

yes but only because I hate deers jumping out, I prefer at least one person in front of me, doesn't matter how far as long as I can see their rear light

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Charlie_Hustler@reddit

It's nice as long as I'm able to stay awake 😅

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JohnProof@reddit

Yeah, happens constantly when no one's around. Also when everyone's around.

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boneless_turbo@reddit

Nope. I enjoy it while it lasts... Then suddenly a Prius is riding next to my trailer wheels 🤬🤬🤬

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Ornery_Ads@reddit (OP)

The solitude ended up being broken by state police passing me doing at least 100... then back to nothing

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ZennaWolf@reddit

I’m third shift local driver so this is a pretty regular occurrence. Honestly it’s peaceful, minus seeing the occasional drunkard drifting lanes and killing my nerves lol

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shogun647@reddit

No that’s my favorite type of driving

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Damn-MissedMy-Turn91@reddit

I love driving at night all alone. It's so peaceful and relaxing.

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NoItsNotIronic@reddit

My husband drives during the day and I drive at night. I love having no traffic to contend with. I can’t stand having to deal with the amount they do. Especially in Orlando. Too stressful

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IndexFingerTypist@reddit

Yeah but it's a nice feeling for me, at least.

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Rotteneverything@reddit

feeling content and relaxed while the solitude lasts isnt what i'd call a weird feeling.

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