H G V Overnight Parking In Lay-Bys

[sunny-dave]

A series of questions for you ...

1. Do all the lay-bys in which we see HGVs parked overnight have toilet facilities?

if not

2. Are all HGV cabs fitted with chemical toilets?

if not

3. Do HGV drivers have iron control of their bladders and bowels, beyond that of most members of the population?

if not

4. Where do they relieve themselves when parked overnight?

5. If the answer is as I suspect, then why is this revolting public health hazard allowed to continue?


Presumably it is to save the firms/drivers from paying to use proper truck-stop facilities - but that hardly seems an adequate excuse.

[boxtops]

They don't, baza. The Highways dept even closed the laybys on the A2 nearest to the docks so that trucks couldn't park there. It's appalling. Drivers' hours are closely monitored (and all electronic these days) so they can't just keep driving until they find a nice place. Most people haven't got a clue, just moan about the HGVs. I'd like to see the state of most of the shops if they didn't get their deliveries.

[Frank97]

There's a large car park by me that doubles as a lorry park at night, at the end is a block of public toilets, perfect for the drivers you would think, apart from the council lock them at 7 each evening and don't unlock until 7 the next day. Very handy that!

[boxtops]

That sounds about par for the course, frank.....

[TWR]

Boxy, Hgv Driver are still thought of as sht, been there seen the vidio.

[boxtops]

Yep. Even the good ones.