I drove to Alabama yesterday for business and I noticed several plastic water/Gatorade/juie bottles on the side of the road partially filled with a liquid that looked like urine. Excuse my new-ness to the forum....but isn't that wrong...on many levels? Why do some drivers pee in a bottle and then toss it out the window? Isn't that what rest areas and truck stops are for? Do they pee in a bottle while the truck is in motion or do they pulloff on the shoulder and do it. Either way that is disgusting. How about the state workers that have to pick those things up ops: :x

Sorry for posting such a gross topic but this is part of the reason - IMHO - why the general public thinks all truckers are stupid, filthly pigs! I can't see a true professional doing such a thing.

Thanks for letting me vent

 

Well from what i read on another post is. If your caught (dot) with urine in your truck w/o hazmat its a nice fine..But what if you use a porta pot or 5 gal bucket? Weird but these days i'll belive anything :shock:

 

What would happen if you carried a pot-a-potty in your truck? That way the waste would be in a "toilet" rather then a water bottle. Would that get you in trouble with DOT?

 

I sure like to see the regulation that says "If your caught (dot) with urine in your truck w/o hazmat its a nice fine."

I do agree with the original poster however.

There are laws in many states that makes it illegal to dispose of human waste on public roadways.

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It's under the same regs that say that you must have white sheets on your bed in the bunk and that they must be made. :lol:

 

LOL HAZMAT :lol: Well if that is the case when i drove a vaccum tanker i used to haul piss and sh*t every day 6,000 gallons at a time and never had my hazmat. Man i must have just been lucky not to get busted.

 

[quote="rjm522"]
"Why do some drivers pee in a bottle and then toss it out the window? Isn't that what rest areas and truck stops are for?"

I know why they pee in a bottle. I don't know why they toss it out the window.

Don't assume it's just truck drivers. I've seen people toss pee bottles, beer cans, bottles, and other trash from moving CARS and I'll bet most of us have seen that happen. In--Alabama, come to think of it: a car with a bumper sticker: "What would Jesus do?" He wouldn't toss a soiled diaper out the window.

"How about the state workers that have to pick those things up" Yes, that IS a health concern for them. That's one reason for Oregon's law on this very topic.

"why the general public thinks all truckers are stupid, filthly pigs!"

The "general public's" view of truck drivers has been around as long as there have been truck drivers.

 

I can't understand how some drivers are so lazy to do so. But then again some of these same drivers aren't the sharpest tool in the shed. I don't use a pee bottle. Pure laziness. If I have to go, I stop and go inside a restroom.

 

The reason any driver does a peejug is pure and simple laziness. Whether they throw it out the window or put it in a garbage can, the only reason would be because they cant manage their time enough to count for stops where they can piss.

Now some might point at the pressure from trucking companies that push their drivers, but once again, that is the fault of the driver for taking the job in the first place.

If I was a cop and caught some pig pulling that nonsense, I'd make him/her drink the contents.