Sleepy truckers and a severe shortage of legal parking spots is a deadly combination:
The driver of a rig that crashed and spilled 50,000 pounds of potatoes onto Interstate 77 early Friday told troopers he was sleepy but decided to keep driving because he’d heard of truckers being ticketed for parking along the roadside to rest in North Carolina, Trooper John Burgin said.
The new enforcement effort was sparked by complaints to Gov. Pat McCrory from a longtime political supporter: Charlie Shelton, a business executive, Republican fundraiser and former state Board of Transportation member who lives in Surry County, the newspaper reported. Surry is nearly 90 miles north of Charlotte.
Trust me when I say, some nights parking is so scarce you feel like a lottery winner when you find a slot at a rest or truck stop. And this isn't just a problem for long-haul truckers; everybody on the road is put at risk thanks to this stupid move on McCrory's part.
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