The first truck stop I ever fueled in was a Pilot in Ft. Worth. I was bobtailing so it went like this.

Me: Give me a $100 on pump 5
Cashier: Do you want diesel or reefer?
Me: It says diesel on the tank so better give me diesel. :lol:

 

I was in Carlisle last night. I drove right past the Pilot and fueled up at the Petro. Didn't hit anything either.:mrgreen:

 

I drove right past Carlisle last night and stopped at a service plaza. :wink:

 

LOL I felt like I was being followed. :lol:

These past few days have been hell. Left Graniteville, SC on Wednesday around 6:00 PM, got to York, PA on Thursday at about 4:30 AM. Headed out of York on Thursday at around 4:00 PM with a 4 stop load: one in PA about 60 miles from where I loaded, one in the Cincinnati area, and two up in Michigan.

About 1600 miles I think. Too tired to do the math though. I hate overnight runs.

 

I got lost in York when I first started dong this run. Sometimes we have a stop down in Hanover and I would take 30 to 222 back to the turnpike to Langhorne, PA. Well, I don't know what I did but I missed a turn or an exit on 30and found myself lost in York through some tight a$$ spots before I found my way out.

Get some rest Rev!

 

I you're an O/O paying cash or check, Pilot can be a real PITA to get fuel at. You have to go in and give them your cash (and usually argue with the attendant to get a receipt for giving them the cash) or have them verify the check first (and they ALWAYS swap the routing numbers and the account numbers- and then the attendant looks at you like a crook and tell you your check isn't valid- and then you have to explain to them that they did something wrong because you write checks ALL THE TIME through check link- and they look at you like a crook and run it again and you have to WATCH them to make sure they put the account number in for the account number and the routing number for the routing number- and they take offense to you when you tell them they put the numbers in backwards and NEVER EVER EVER apologize or admit that they did it wrong even though that's ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS what happened- I even had one tell me that my numbers were backwards on the check- wow).

That's why I'm a Flying J girl (and no- I don't mean I'm wearing short shorts and a tight top- you wouldn't want to see that anyway )

 

If you got out and looked, you wouldn't have hit anything but air.

How does any truckstop set you up for an accident?, If drivers got out of their truck to look, instead of thinking they are too good, or a Supertrucker, there wouldn't be truckstop accidents. Any backing accident is a Preventable Accident. If you don't get out and look in tough situations, it's nothing more but pure laziness.

Most drivers drive through the truckstop like it is the Daytona 500, no wonder there are so many incidents.

 

If I thought that there was anything to get out and look at I would have done so.:rolleyes:

 

And, now you can mark it up to an "ERROR IN JUDGEMENT". But, what was your first mistake? Not getting out and looking? Or, perhaps, choosing a Pilot in the first place?

 

Yes there was an error in judgement, fatigue, and you're right that if I hadn't been at that particular truckstop the accident probably would have never happened.