20 most dangerous truck stops in America.

[Rigjockey]

I found this video on YouTube. How many of these truck stops listed have you been to and what is your story of being there?

 

[Rigjockey]

I stopped in Gary. I had my Father with me and he loves trucks and as we are walking to the restaurant he is looking around at all the trucks.
I said stop looking around, walk with a purpose and act like you belong here.
I was just telling him what his brother told me when we ran team together.

 

[Rigjockey]

T/A Baltimore, MD. Yup been there! Not a good place to be but nothing you can do when the Port of Baltimore kicks you off their property because... overnight parking at the Port is not allowed.

Baltimore is sketchy AF.

 

[Rigjockey]

55 trucks stop in the Chicago area. Yup, spent three days there.
When I was there it was paid parking and I felt safe. The video must be from before it was fenced in paid parking.

 

[Rigjockey]

West Memphis.
I have been there but only during the daytime. I heard it was not the place to be at night.

 

[Rigjockey]

Dallas.
I knew Dallas was going to problematic so I would stop 2 hours out from there and drive in in the morning,
I did stop in Dallas during the day though.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I'm probably too naive to recognize a dangerous truck stop because even the local TA seems dangerous to me because the pavement sucks.

 

[GAnthony]

I stopped in Gary. I had my Father with me and he loves trucks and as we are walking to the restaurant he is looking around at all the trucks.
I said stop looking around, walk with a purpose and act like you belong here.
I was just telling him what his brother told me when we ran team together.

yeah, when i first started driving, i did pull into the Gary, IN Union 76, that's what it was back then......i had actually been there all of 3 times. the 3rd time, when i was in the restroom, a guy comes running in, blood all over his shirt....he claimed his co-driver stabbed him.

that was it for me, back then, we had paper logs, so i made sure to color that logbook, to avoid that place from there on end.

T/A Baltimore, MD. Yup been there! Not a good place to be but nothing you can do when the Port of Baltimore kicks you off their property because... overnight parking at the Port is not allowed.

Baltimore is sketchy AF.

Yes, the Jessup T/A......i stayed there maybe 2 times, against my better judgement, but it was all good, frankly

sorry to say, the video being over 30 minutes long, i did not watch any of it......

i'd rather be watching some sort of gun(s) video's instead.

 

[Duck]

the 3rd time, when i was in the restroom, a guy comes running in, blood all over his shirt....he claimed his co-driver stabbed him.

that was it for me, back then, we had paper logs, so i made sure to color that logbook, to avoid that place from there on end.

I'm not defending the reputation of the truck stop of course. But if the dude was stabbed by his co-driver, it could've happened anywhere. Team operations are long-haul. They go all over.

Now if the dude had said he was stabbed by someone other than another long haul truck driver, then yeah, it's a place I'd avoid.

 

[Electric Chicken]

yeah, when i first started driving, i did pull into the Gary, IN Union 76, that's what it was back then......i had actually been there all of 3 times. the 3rd time, when i was in the restroom, a guy comes running in, blood all over his shirt....he claimed his co-driver stabbed him.

that was it for me, back then, we had paper logs, so i made sure to color that logbook, to avoid that place from there on end.


Yes, the Jessup T/A......i stayed there maybe 2 times, against my better judgement, but it was all good, frankly

sorry to say, the video being over 30 minutes long, i did not watch any of it......

i'd rather be watching some sort of gun(s) video's instead.

There's actually two TAs down there. One in Jessup where Die Hard with a Vengeance was filmed and then the one right around the corner from the ports in Baltimore itself. I think both are sketchy AF. The worst truck stop I've personally been to at least based on appearance was the New Transit truck stop right off I-97 in Odenton MD. I was only there for the scale and even in broad daylight it was nasty.

Didn't see many people around so maybe it's a perfectly safe stop, I dunno. But I'm not very worldly.