As a former, now retired trucker, (1980-2006) the roadlife has always been dangerous. I came across so many crazy people, been robbed, had my chains stolen off a load by another trucker while I was taking a restroom break. Detained by FBI with a shotgun to my head because they thought I was drug running, Crossed paths with two different serial killers, and last but not least had two different drunks plow into my rig. Even more crap I can barely remember.
This industry seems to attract a lot of emotionally unstable misfits, psychopaths and weirdos. I wonder how many among us are active serial killers. Goble, Davis, Ford, Rhoades, Nellsch, Jesperson, et al are the trucker serial killers we know about. There’s no telling how many more are out here that we don’t know about.
Wow Mike. Your story makes for a hell of a book. We have enough to worry about. I just hate to hear a news story like this. The truck stop is my safe space.
Well, first of all, that is a story that should be written, seriously, in book form, and just for what ive read i can tell you it's gonna be a hit. And what about something that you can't explain, paranormal, call it what you will? Not joking, iam asking you because theres a lot of weird s*** out there that defies explanation as well
That’s the reason why I carry a firearm in my truck, also every truck driver should be able to carry a firearm in each state with permit exemption. Unfortunately people don’t know the risks we go through every single day. RIP
If you defend yourself lawfully, you can still be sued. You can even be jailed depending on state/prosecutor. I deliver to military bases and time to time cross the border. It pains me to leave my 226 TacOps at home.
My company had a policy of not stopping in Nashville because of the crime and violence against drivers. Nashville was considered a pass through city due to the problems there.
I thank all you truck drivers. People don't realize that almost everything in your house has been on a truck! God bless and protect every single one of you.
As a truck driver myself the whole “we try to look out for each other” is complete bs. Everyone out here is in it for themselves and a lot of drivers are the sort of people that have very short tempers and don’t function well with others. I keep to myself out here because of some of the types in this industry. I’m 99% sure it was another truck driver that did this.
That is correct they were looking for a certain answer at the fake news and they got it and then published it as usual. The brotherhood was not ruined by the drivers it was ruined by the industry and the American trucking Association screwing drivers more and more and moreand turning the industry into a shit hole
@Android_Warrior Your right some of us don't have CB's.I took mine out a year ago ,because I had a very strong argument with a pos racist red neck that wouldn't pull that motha to the shoulder.I don't want to hear BS on 19 from cowards.
Not as easy as you would think, first you have to know the local laws of every state and city (hello New York) that you are sent to and only a small % of drivers have control of where they go.
@bailey9r carry an SBR It ain't a pistol You gotta remember When you need defense seconds count. And the police Are minutes away, if they even have the personnel to respond. Criminals prefer their victims unarmed Be safe out there
Been out here for 41 years as a independent OTR trucker, I retired on May of 2023,, and i can tell you it's not what it was back in the day, this trucking industry has gone out of control. Hopefully this shooter wasn't another trucker, my prayers go out to this trucker's family 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@azjoe_6310 I've thought about the notion that it's not as safe now as it used to be as it sure seems more dangerous. Statistically speaking it's actually safer if you look at crime/homacide percentages compared to 10, 20 or 30 years ago. I'm now convinced that with current instantaneous 2 minute news clips from everywhere it's just precieved to be more dangerous. I live in Colorado and got this news snippet, 20 years ago I likely wouldn't have known this crime ever took place. According to statistics these crimes were happening slightly more often 20 years ago however we only really knew about local crimes or major national crimes so we precieved it to be safer.
@@mrbyamile6973 You can put your statistics where the sun don't shine. I've been an independent trucker for 30 years. Life on the road is way more dangerous now. We should be allowed to carry a gun in all 48 states.
Driver’s double check your door locks before laying down in the sleeper. There’s been a few times where I’ve heard the door handles being checked to see if it’ll open. Condolences for this man’s family, he may have been one individual to the criminal who killed him but irreplaceable to the family and friends who loved him.
@@muffs55mercury61 Truth! Had a lady knocking on my door at 2am in a deserted industrial area in Lubbock. These night ghouls see truckers as easy marks. She wanted to use my $600 phone and wanted me to give her a ride somewhere. When I balked, she walked off and got in a pickup that pulled up. If I had let her in, I wouldn't be here today typing this..
Truck stops are “THE”most dangerous place for a truck driver outside of the vehicle. I made the mistake of staying at the TA in downtown nashville years ago. I almost was robbed. Definitely learned a valuable lesson that night. From that moment on, I started to change my approach to driving. Don’t sleep in and around major cities, if at all possible. Memphis, Detroit, Chicago truck stops are even worse. If I had to make a delivery, I would stay 20-30 miles away and just wake up early. Truck drivers are like food for criminals. Stay strapped and safe out there! God bless that poor man! I hope they catch the dirt bag the took the life of a man who was just trying to provide for his family. It’s a damn shame😢
My 29 year old son is a truck driver I check on him daily all truck driver be safe out there my condolences and prayers to the truck driver family and Friends
Of course they’re going to check on the driver. When there’s a load that needs to be at a certain place at a certain time and The driver doesn’t show up all companies are going to find out where they’re at.
I could write a book about my years on the road as a trucker. Whenever I had valuables, or even frozen turkeys, on board, I was told to back the truck against a wall so they can't open the back door. I heard from drivers that thieves peeled the top off a trailer like a sardine can to get inside. I drove back in the day without computers, a bingo card and two log books - if I had an expensive load like cigarets i was suppose to call in every two hours. Going through cities like NYC, thugs used to spray dirt on the windshield if you sat in traffic, then demanded money to wipe it off. Many cops were assholes, especially the ones that "owned" a strip of the interstate, and the same goes for tow-truck companies - highway pirates, they were. Having been one of the very few female drivers going solo cross-country, it was even harder. I got harassed many times by lot attendants about whether or not I was a "lot lizard". Repair shops that claim they fixed it but didn't - and you end up with air breaks locking up on a sheet of ice. The people at pick-up and then at drop-off were a-holes most of the time and gave me a lot of crap. But I think there are more women drivers now, I hope they realize how hard it was for us who entered this "men-only" profession....and that "we look out for one another" is BS. I have plenty of stories about road-range incidents "owner vs union" and other assorted fun. Myself I had 10 years of constant hazing by other drivers. But the dangers have always been there. Bless this man and his family, and I hope they get the killer and put him in the general population - he won't last long. Better yet - we need a death penalty. Be safe out there, people.....
@exceptionallife4768 she may have tried to say if you're at the stop at a building to back up At the wall, but at the trucks stops or every stop you have to keep those king pin locks on your doors
I worked for a company out of Somerset Ky in the 90s as a otr driver. The company safety man told us it was against company policy to have a firearm in your tractor. He then said “ I will tell you this, if I was out there sleeping in a truck all over the country I would have a gun with me “
"Lost a family member" If any trucking company tells you they treat you like family, run away! These people have no idea what they're talking about. And there is no brotherhood in trucking any more. Those drivers are full of crap.
Nope, dispatchers are either in their heated or air conditioned office or at home. The bosses hide behind a human resources person or department. They NEVER see drivers.
its real fun when those companies have idle rules too. got to cut down on that idle time even it its "only" 80 degrees F outside.... they forget about inside temps.@@muffs55mercury61
I been driving for 9 years and ive literally never seen a driver lookout for each other....those drivers were judt being nice on camera but in real life they know its not like that
U ain't lieing. I was wondering wtf dude was talking about. The only time I've seen a trucker look out for another trucker is when he's trying to back into a tight spot.
I've walked to that truck stop from a hotel i was staying at while in training for my 1st trucking job, felt sketchy walking through this place, got offered drugs around that hotel once felt unsafe, RIP fellow driver
Truckers should be allowed to carry firearms to defend themselves. They're out there pretty much defenseless, by themselves, in some pretty bad places. Without these guys non of us would have the things we need. Congress has security and they are just sitting on their a$$es. Truckers should have security too.
A lot of truckers wouldn't even do the job without a concealed weapon even if it's prohibited by the owners of the company or illegal in some states they cross because they know the real dangers out there, they just don't advertise that they are armed you know it's secret except to like a spouse or other close family members but then there are some OTR drivers who are dangerous and they shouldn't have weapons of any kind because they are criminal minded but they also carry illegal weapons too; obviously for nefarious reasons. People need to learn to run they're loads, not socialize to much and go home whenever they can.
When I was OTR I learned soon which truck stops to avoid, especially at night. Now days when on a personal trip in my car I don't get gasoline at those places.
Yeah, right there with the ones around the Atlanta loop and South side of Chicago. I guarantee you the Truck stop can be safer than some of the less traveled Industrial areas surrounding the major cities.
@@rpruneau68 It's been 20 years since I delivered or picked up in Chicago. Back then it was the 76 (later became a TA) in Bolingbrook (I-55, exit 267) or if heading east it would be in Lake Station, IN. Never had any problems there. On the other hand we were told to NEVER stop at any truck stop in Gary, IN, day or night.
The TA on Exit 6 (Burr ST), in Gary, IN was my go to stop when traveling I-80 or I-65 since many wouldn't stop there given the geographical climate. Bolingbrook T/S was also a regular go to while traveling north on I-55 and was much more milder climate just charged for parking and was a mom & pops station so fuel fill-up was required to park cost free.@@muffs55mercury61
As a trucker that is the very reason we should be able to carry a firearm with us . Dammit people get your head out your ass and look around we’re not safe anymore none of us .
I told my fuel department that I wasn’t ever going back to that Love’s years ago. I skip all truck stops in Nashville, Birmingham Alabama, South Dallas Texas, Atlanta Georgia, and Laredo Texas. We now have third world crime, by third rate humans who know our justice system is corrupt and broken. Particularly the FBI, which should be investigating these crimes because it has to do with interstate commerce. But we all should know by now, that this is obviously not going to happen. I would even suggest they want this chaos to continue. Through their inaction and ill focused behavior with investigations that are more political in nature. They obviously don’t care
My ex had to tie his doors together when there was a trailer pickup/ drop-off near the border in CA. All night there were people trying to get into the cab. He couldn't leave the yard because the gaurd locked the gates when he went off duty, leaving him inside the locked gate. Very scary night.
@@1Way. Yes, I agree. ( scary night ) Thing is, it is almost like a disease. These types of incidents are spreading across the country and also in small towns. Though border towns have always been sketchy, the kind of crime infestation that was and is still occurring in border towns. Has been spreading throughout the United States. Like I mentioned before, third world crime has come to the United States through either the migrant crisis, or third rate citizens committing these crimes. And the fact that our justice system is broken and adopting Marxist ideology through social justice means, they are not only allowing criminals to commit these crimes, they are selectively prosecuting whoever they feel are stopping them from destroying the very institutions, communities, and social structures that our country was founded upon. Be safe and careful out there! Because those people doing this damage, don’t care about your ethnicity, sex, religion, or affiliation. The fact that you are a citizen, puts a target on your back.
What stinks is trucks drivers are still not allowed to be armed with firearms. When I was a kid and my mother used to run her own hotshot (70s). That woman was definitely not someone to mess with. She used to keep a colt python on the dash when on the road. Baddest mom I was so proud to have. R.I.P Mom. R.I.P driver & God bless all fellow truck drivers on the road!
I drove for 2 OTR companies, both of which required drivers to serve Canada. You might be able to enter Canada with a handgun in your truck, but I would think it would cause a huge time delay because all these trips are unplanned. You get dispatched in Detroit or upstate NY & an hour & a half later you are at the border entering. There's no place to store the weapon in the USA before entering because we often enter in 1 city & exit at another. Drivers who only operate in the US probably are free to carry without concern.
There is no federal law or DOT regulation prohibiting firearms in CMVs. State law applies to possession of firearms in CMVs, just as any other motor vehicles. Whether you can lawfully carry in a cmv depends on the states where you run. If you’re on a southeast regional (aka Republican states), you can freely carry in a cmv. If, however, you run in the northeast (aka Democrat-run sh*tholes), you will have a problem with a gun in the truck.
Truck drivers do NOT look out for each other. They will get into fistfights and worse over the fuel que at those pumps, over a parking space to sleep.. Truck drivers are constantly under stress. The pay is abysmal, they are under constant pressure for time, both by regulation and screaming dispatchers and dock personnel. The police are definitely out to ruin them, dumb laws and unreasonable situations are the norm. Lot lizards bothering drivers, other drivers sabotaging each other. A common thing is pulling the 5th wheel release on sleeping or away from their truck drivers. Watch near a truck stop. You won't got 2 weeks without one truck dropping a trailer while leaving because of sabotage. Yes, still the drivers fault because they should pretrip each time they move. Trucking is now an utterly miserable and honestly not worth it job 99% of the time. I because a Sourdough for 3 years and then retired. Those who know know what that means. Get a good safety record. That's just as much luck as skill today. Then go do that job few can, get your money and get out. One of the happiest days in my life was letting my medical expire and kicking my CDL back down to a regular Class C. Only getting married and when my kids were born healthy made me happier. There's nothing fun or good about commercial driving in America anymore. It's a horrible job and anyone being honest who actually did it recently will tell you no different.
I tell people now I've seen almost all states was nice when I first started now with all this craziness I'm just here to make a check and go home with family.
in my state I see many truck drivers stopping mostly just on the ramps of a highway late at night. I get off at 3 am so I see this a lot. is this to avoid sabotage or being attacked? is it just simply more common at truck stops because no one cares and theres nothing in place to protect them? our highways here have cameras at almost every exit
I'm a retired driver,( 1980-2021). I always had a dog to warn me of anybody within 10 feet of that truck. And I had to make sure I was always alert for being a single driver. Condolences to the family.
@@JASONHJEFFERSON you forgot safety they will prob try to blame him for his own death on company time . yes i am glad i am old and retired crazy frickin world
Truckers should be allowed to carry a firearm to defend themselves. Our country and roads are too dangerous nowadays. Create an exemption for truckers or law that will protect drivers.
My only thing is what do you do if you have a load to a secured facility where they will inspect your truck? I’ve delivered to military bases and nuclear laboratories and they definitely search every inch of your vehicle
I'm a trucker and we lost our brother and condolences to his family and friends. Drivers please let's all be safe and protected out here. #TruckerLife #TruckerLove
I used to stop here regularly years ago until it got to the point that I was being accosted by crack heads begging for money every time i stopped. Told the staff and they didn't seem to care. I just avoid the place altogether now.
He was last seen buying food at 7:20 p.m. What time was he supposed to check in, but didn't? What time was his body discovered? Obviously, he was shot by someone who was also at the travel center.
"Obviously, he was shot by someone who was also at the travel center." Ya think? Pretty hard to shoot someone if you're not in the same place they are...
There has to be camera images/footages on the snitch cameras that companies place in trucks as well as the personal dash cams of yruck drivers.. Too, surveillance cameras at Loves and near by businesses had to record something.
Damn. This is the new world we live in. Trucking has been in my family for over a 100 years combined with my Dad(RIP) Uncle (RIP) and one of my brothers. I just chose not to follow our Dad and Uncle's foot steps. Its one of the most underpaid careers out there in my opinion and full of cut throats as well. RIP driver🙏
I have a friend who is a retired police officer. They always carried more than one firearm than what was required. They preferred to be tried by 12 members of a jury than carried by 6 pallbearers.
I wish all truckers considered themselves brothers to one another, I’m a trucker and most truckers don’t even speak to one another. We should be all like brothers out there, but sadly we’re not. Condolences to that drivers family, real talk!
My deepest condolences for the loss of this young trucker during this most difficult time and prayers and comfort to the family. My brother was a trucker for 10yrs back in the mid 80's to the mid 90's and he drove all over the US 🇺🇸 and back then truckers did seem to be more friendly towards one another and helpful even when using the CB dispatch with one another but my brother did mention that a few truckers in certain states did get robbed but mostly when off the truck and he mentioned prostitutes used to set them up to be robbed as well. I want to give a huge Thank You to all the truckers out there for the hard work that YOU do because all of you deserve so much more because without YOU all this country or any other couldn't function at all. Be safe and stay alert to your surroundings and blessings to YOU and your families. 🙏🏾👍🏾
My condolences to the family and friends of the driver who lost his life. I am pro-guns as a deterrent to a totalitarian government. As for gun use for personal safety. It seems to rely on who gets the drop on who. I’ve lived in Major Cities, drove trucks through areas best avoided. Yet, despite 14 years of driving truck all over the United States, no one has ever attempted to rob me. Some might say, I was lucky. 14 years lucky is a lot of luck. I have another suggestion. 1. My attitude is a no nonsense alert attitude with my head on a swivel. I’m not rude or impolite nor am I friendly. 2. I spent as little time in truck convenience stores and restaurants as possible. I would do my business and go back to my truck. 3. Basic security goes a long way. If someone wants to get into a trailer, they will. However, most thieves are lazy looking for easy pickings. It is much easier to get into a trailer with only a plastic seal than one with a big steel lock. Same goes with the cab. I would keep the curtain to the sleeper berth closed. When parked, all of the cab windows were covered. How many thieves want to try to break into a blacked out truck? Is there someone or something in there? Might there be a shotgun waiting to blow their heads off. Too much risk when there are so many to choose from. 4. I listened to my gut/intuition. I have pulled into many places to take a break only to pull right back out of them because my intuition was sending up red flags. I’ve changed my routing on that same basis many times. The safety of my truck and freight is my responsibility and nobody else’s. That’s how I did it. I have no stake in the game since I am retired.
So heartbreaking. Stay strapped out there folks, many of us live in a bubble of a false sense of security, while there are a few out there looking to take advantage in the worst ways possible.
That’s one thing I like about being a trucker. We definitely look out for each other when we are out on the road. Nothing is perfect but I know most of us try very hard.
We should all get together and try to get firearm exemption to carry in every state for truckers! I carry my firearm, I don’t believe I lost my rights to carry because I have a CDL!
I am with you on this, and if a state doesn't want to comply, no truck goes to that state to do delivery, we need to come together as a truck driver to get this law pass.
Yeah no, that's insane. Get them out on the road and teach them what will matter, and how to protect their life. The only thing they teach in those classrooms is policy and corporate heirarchy.
This is not a trucking issue. This is a society issue everyone out there for themselves. While it is a sad incident. This stuff happens daily in every work/play environment. We must change as society if we want to make a difference.
Read most of the comments and decided to add my two cents. I started driving in '72 and ended in '83 after l went back to school for a career change. Got caught up in the '73 truckers shutdown. Not too many problems for me there. Just had to avoid the truck stops as most would let you in but not let you out. Oh, and three attempted highjackings. Mr. Ruger contributed a lot to stopping those. Came through Mobile, Alabama one night after a 15 year old kid threw an 80+lb chunk of cement through a trucker's winshield and killed him. Cops arrested the kid few days later later when he started bragging about what he had done. Started carrying a hand held spotlight to sweep the overpasses. Several weeks later, just east of Monroe, Louisiana, l came up to an overpass and started sweeping it. Another truck coming up behind me slowed down to my speed and stayed with me. By the time l got to Jackson, Mississippi, there were 15 trucks behind me. I could only run 52 mph but none of those guys passed me until I turned off on I-55 southbound. Sure was a lot of headlight flashing as they passed me. After l went back to school, l continued to drive over the road for a short time on weekends. One day one of my professors and his wife joined me as l was eating lunch and the wife asked if l had a gun in my truck. We were not allowed to have guns on campus. Told her l did. She replied that she had heard a lot of trucker carried guns and was curious if l did. We talked about it awhile and then she told me nothing more would be said about it to anyone else. When l quit driving things were changing, all the new stuff was becoming law, you had to go to driving school to get a CDL. I do not know about all the driving schools, but the local one where l lived sure did not teach much about real life driving.
So tragic! My heart goes out to the trucker's loved ones. Back when my son was driving it was like this. He was OTR and only had a problem one time and it got dealt with.
My condolences and RIP trucker. As a female trucker, I asked my company if I could carry. She said no. We're not even allowed to carry pepper spray. But umm maam, you're not on the road with me...I am and my safety is on me, not your little app on my phone to activate when I have an emergency.
once I was traveling alone with my children from Michigan to AZ and about 5am outside of Kansas a trucker sped up and hit a deer that would have otherwise ended up in my windshield probably injuring myself children and vehicle! I thank whomever that trucker was. He saved my family ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Be kind to the Truckers you never know whom has your back out on the dangerous roads! I left my abuser that week and haven't been back since! Thank you Over the road Truck driver you were my Earth Angel that day ❤️
Please forgive me for my initial thoughts and feelings when I first read this headline, I immediately feared for my own son, and my youngest brother who are both truckers. I was fearful, relieved, and heartbroken, all at the same time. My brother has been driving 20+ years, my son going into his 4th year. They both tell of incidents time and again, sometimes even from other truckers, that keep me praying daily for all of their safety. My prayers go out to this unfortunate trucker, and his family. I recall when I lived in Atlanta, back in the late 80s until I moved back home in Feb. 2000, about a truck stop, I used to work near on Bankhead highway, I'd stop there on my way to work, or sometimes afterwork, the stuff I saw back then gives me chills.
@@jamesnevitt3400betting on an altercation with another driver. I’m a driver myself and there are a lot of drivers out here that have very short tempers and are quick to get violent.
its more dangerous than people hear about and its a skill , a survivsl skill u must learn as a trucker or even a 6th sense to recognize dangerous places/people , best advice to a new trucker is this aint no road trip, work the loads and try not to talk to people unless u have to and try like hell to look like u know what your doing
We all know it was probably some young scholar trying to get his life together, and his mama will tell you he's a good boy who never did no wrong to nobody.
Road Warrior, you made your last load. We'll take it from here... May God guide you where you need to go and be with your family and friends who were left behind.
This is a poorly written news segment. Was he killed at the truck stop? Was he killed on a road nearby? Was he killed 100 miles down the road? It sounded like at the truck stop parking lot since Love's employee found him apparently. So the rest of the people at that exact truck stop sure seem pretty calm about it. Just all like "Yeah, shit happens."
Very sad. He was the same age as me. I haven’t had any bad experiences at truck stops as most of them have security. I was told to avoid the Loves in Memphis Tennessee if I can help it
Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham, and pretty much any other city are unsafe to take a break in. If I have the option I just go to a company yard or i stop away from those areas.
Wellllll - truckers being one big happy family who looks out for each other isnt entirely true. Just tune in on the CB at a truck stop to hear all the cat fighting, shit talking & racial bullshit every night.
That's crazy. I wonder if this was on truck stop property, or maybe he parked down the street in an unlit area? A lot of times, you can't find room at the truck stop, so you have to move further down the road in a sketchy area just to take your break. I never got much sleep like that. I hope there is some surveillance camera footage. Very sad.
I heard its hot safe as years ago being a trucker these days. People trying to get you pulled over ect.So many people coming into USA now not as safe as years ago.Dont know what kind of good or bad people you may run into. Be safe always look around and DONT pick up anyone. Scary times now!
During my 2 years trucking when I 1st started out I never locked my doors I just parked and went to sleep. Eventually I started getting bad feelings like someone may end me one day during my trucking career if I wasn't careful even if I felt safe. One particular day I had a very bad feeling with hunting premonitions of some random person ending me so I locked my doors "which was unusual for me" and went to sleep at a truck stop in MO. I'm a very light sleeper and about 2 hours after going to sleep I woke up to a noise which sounded like my door handles was being pulled on. It was dark and I was like "😑... so tired wtf is going on...." I then heard a knock at the door I felt extremely uneasy so I only cracked the window to this African super dark skinned dude asking me for money and he told me he lived in the woods but looking into his eyes his eyes were super wide open and he had an extremely scary/crazy look on his face like he was ready to end me just to get anything off of me to survive. I didn't ask him why he messed with my door handles I just gave him a few snacks through the small crack I made in the window and told him to have a nice night and went back to sleep only imagining what may have happened to me if I failed to lock my doors that night. I really think he would have attacked me if he made it into my truck and I would have likely woken up while being attacked. Only other dangerous situations besides man is wildlife meaning actual hyenas like right after I got into my truck while at a closed shipper there was a hyena like right next to the truck where I was just outside looking for information and I had no way to defend myself if it had attacked me while I was outside of the truck..... from that point on I always keep a lookout for dangerous wildlife anytime outside of the truck...... so many dangers of any kind can come out of nowhere at any moment.
Carry a gun with you, forget about company policy and federal laws. Your life is yours to protect.
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Rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
Dude, you don't even have to say that twice. 3 magz, 1 locked in, 2 on standby. If you see me getting robbed, save the guy robbing me.
@@drteletubbythrew me back to master p days lol
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As a former, now retired trucker, (1980-2006) the roadlife has always been dangerous. I came across so many crazy people, been robbed, had my chains stolen off a load by another trucker while I was taking a restroom break. Detained by FBI with a shotgun to my head because they thought I was drug running, Crossed paths with two different serial killers, and last but not least had two different drunks plow into my rig. Even more crap I can barely remember.
This industry seems to attract a lot of emotionally unstable misfits, psychopaths and weirdos.
I wonder how many among us are active serial killers.
Goble, Davis, Ford, Rhoades, Nellsch, Jesperson, et al are the trucker serial killers we know about. There’s no telling how many more are out here that we don’t know about.
Wow Mike. Your story makes for a hell of a book. We have enough to worry about. I just hate to hear a news story like this. The truck stop is my safe space.
Probably one of the best stories ive read on youtube in a while. Thanks for sharing
Well, first of all, that is a story that should be written, seriously, in book form, and just for what ive read i can tell you it's gonna be a hit. And what about something that you can't explain, paranormal, call it what you will? Not joking, iam asking you because theres a lot of weird s*** out there that defies explanation as well
Sounds traumatizing!! It's amazing that you stuck with it for 26 years!! I love truckers!! They've been very helpful to me on the roadways!! ❤❤❤
That’s the reason why I carry a firearm in my truck, also every truck driver should be able to carry a firearm in each state with permit exemption. Unfortunately people don’t know the risks we go through every single day. RIP
As a company driver it's against policy. I hate not having one.
If you defend yourself lawfully, you can still be sued. You can even be jailed depending on state/prosecutor. I deliver to military bases and time to time cross the border. It pains me to leave my 226 TacOps at home.
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This makes no sense, especially the times we're living in.
I’m sorry I would rather be sued, than dead
@@shawnhinton6075so fucken quit gun man ..
My company had a policy of not stopping in Nashville because of the crime and violence against drivers. Nashville was considered a pass through city due to the problems there.
Nashville has a demographic problem. the statistics don't lie.
Tennesse is one shady fake conservative state, filled with faketriots, and they even card 60 year white bearded men to buy tobacco.
Both of those places
On road trips, I try not to sleep near st. Louis mo
I live outside Nashville now but now, Memphis I wouldn't wanna rest in or too near lol
@michaelfreeland8096all of Memphis is a drive through me lol
I thank all you truck drivers. People don't realize that almost everything in your house has been on a truck! God bless and protect every single one of you.
Thank you 🙏
Amen 🙏
AMEN!
As a truck driver myself the whole “we try to look out for each other” is complete bs. Everyone out here is in it for themselves and a lot of drivers are the sort of people that have very short tempers and don’t function well with others. I keep to myself out here because of some of the types in this industry. I’m 99% sure it was another truck driver that did this.
You aren't wrong. The days of the knights of the road are long gone.
That is correct they were looking for a certain answer at the fake news and they got it and then published it as usual. The brotherhood was not ruined by the drivers it was ruined by the industry and the American trucking Association screwing drivers more and more and moreand turning the industry into a shit hole
Heck!, they don't even have CB Radios anymore!!!!!!!!!!!
I do. Keep it turned on, turn the volume down when napping or sleeping 😌😴@@Android_Warrior
@Android_Warrior Your right some of us don't have CB's.I took mine out a year ago ,because I had a very strong argument with a pos racist red neck that wouldn't pull that motha to the shoulder.I don't want to hear BS on 19 from cowards.
This is absolutely horrible. Can't even make a honest living anymore. My deepest condolences to his family and friends.
Biden fault
@@TowMater603 do you think this is funny? your game will be over soon!
Exactly. Then they wonder why people don’t want to work anymore. McDonald’s workers robbed delivery drivers. It’s becoming to dangerous to work.
@@JM-jr1sb😂😂
Stay armed drivers
Not as easy as you would think, first you have to know the local laws of every state and city (hello New York) that you are sent to and only a small % of drivers have control of where they go.
@@bailey9r I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.
@@bailey9r Better arrested, than dead. I carry every day, no matter what the laws or rules say.
@bailey9r carry an SBR
It ain't a pistol
You gotta remember
When you need defense seconds count. And the police
Are minutes away, if they even have the personnel to respond.
Criminals prefer their victims unarmed
Be safe out there
stay armed everyone!
Been out here for 41 years as a independent OTR trucker, I retired on May of 2023,, and i can tell you it's not what it was back in the day, this trucking industry has gone out of control. Hopefully this shooter wasn't another trucker, my prayers go out to this trucker's family 🙏🙏🙏🙏
You are absolutely correct. I haven't driven in 30 years but it sure seems like life in the USA is much more dangerous nowadays.
I know what you mean, I drove for over 30 years. And retired 2 years ago. Don't miss a thing about it.
@azjoe_6310 I've thought about the notion that it's not as safe now as it used to be as it sure seems more dangerous. Statistically speaking it's actually safer if you look at crime/homacide percentages compared to 10, 20 or 30 years ago. I'm now convinced that with current instantaneous 2 minute news clips from everywhere it's just precieved to be more dangerous. I live in Colorado and got this news snippet, 20 years ago I likely wouldn't have known this crime ever took place. According to statistics these crimes were happening slightly more often 20 years ago however we only really knew about local crimes or major national crimes so we precieved it to be safer.
@@mrbyamile6973 That's a good point.
@@mrbyamile6973 You can put your statistics where the sun don't shine. I've been an independent trucker for 30 years. Life on the road is way more dangerous now. We should be allowed to carry a gun in all 48 states.
Driver’s double check your door locks before laying down in the sleeper.
There’s been a few times where I’ve heard the door handles being checked to see if it’ll open.
Condolences for this man’s family, he may have been one individual to the criminal who killed him but irreplaceable to the family and friends who loved him.
Yes and NEVER answer someone knocking on your door.
@@muffs55mercury61 Truth! Had a lady knocking on my door at 2am in a deserted industrial area in Lubbock. These night ghouls see truckers as easy marks. She wanted to use my $600 phone and wanted me to give her a ride somewhere. When I balked, she walked off and got in a pickup that pulled up. If I had let her in, I wouldn't be here today typing this..
@@telcobillySet up!
@@telcobilly and then there’s the hookers that go from truck to truck.
Truck stops are “THE”most dangerous place for a truck driver outside of the vehicle. I made the mistake of staying at the TA in downtown nashville years ago. I almost was robbed. Definitely learned a valuable lesson that night. From that moment on, I started to change my approach to driving. Don’t sleep in and around major cities, if at all possible. Memphis, Detroit, Chicago truck stops are even worse. If I had to make a delivery, I would stay 20-30 miles away and just wake up early. Truck drivers are like food for criminals. Stay strapped and safe out there! God bless that poor man! I hope they catch the dirt bag the took the life of a man who was just trying to provide for his family. It’s a damn shame😢
@kenadair6811 yea I was young and dumb 🤷♂️ 😂
As a solo female driver this is why I carry my 2A everyday
My 29 year old son is a truck driver I check on him daily all truck driver be safe out there my condolences and prayers to the truck driver family and Friends
Props to that company checking on their driver!
May God give his family strength during these horrible days✝️❤🚛💯🇺🇸
Of course they’re going to check on the driver. When there’s a load that needs to be at a certain place at a certain time and The driver doesn’t show up all companies are going to find out where they’re at.
I could write a book about my years on the road as a trucker. Whenever I had valuables, or even frozen turkeys, on board, I was told to back the truck against a wall so they can't open the back door. I heard from drivers that thieves peeled the top off a trailer like a sardine can to get inside. I drove back in the day without computers, a bingo card and two log books - if I had an expensive load like cigarets i was suppose to call in every two hours. Going through cities like NYC, thugs used to spray dirt on the windshield if you sat in traffic, then demanded money to wipe it off. Many cops were assholes, especially the ones that "owned" a strip of the interstate, and the same goes for tow-truck companies - highway pirates, they were. Having been one of the very few female drivers going solo cross-country, it was even harder. I got harassed many times by lot attendants about whether or not I was a "lot lizard". Repair shops that claim they fixed it but didn't - and you end up with air breaks locking up on a sheet of ice. The people at pick-up and then at drop-off were a-holes most of the time and gave me a lot of crap. But I think there are more women drivers now, I hope they realize how hard it was for us who entered this "men-only" profession....and that "we look out for one another" is BS. I have plenty of stories about road-range incidents "owner vs union" and other assorted fun. Myself I had 10 years of constant hazing by other drivers. But the dangers have always been there. Bless this man and his family, and I hope they get the killer and put him in the general population - he won't last long. Better yet - we need a death penalty. Be safe out there, people.....
I had a friend that was self-employed truck driver and he went east of the Mississippi ONCE. He said he’d never go back there again.
I call bullshit… trucks are outdoors, not too many walls to back up to
@@exceptionallife4768buildings are also outdoors
You are not lying 23 years driving, and they did not like women drivers back then its more driving today, but they don't make it easier on us
@exceptionallife4768 she may have tried to say if you're at the stop at a building to back up At the wall, but at the trucks stops or every stop you have to keep those king pin locks on your doors
I worked for a company out of Somerset Ky in the 90s as a otr driver. The company safety man told us it was against company policy to have a firearm in your tractor. He then said “ I will tell you this, if I was out there sleeping in a truck all over the country I would have a gun with me “
"Lost a family member" If any trucking company tells you they treat you like family, run away! These people have no idea what they're talking about. And there is no brotherhood in trucking any more. Those drivers are full of crap.
Nope, dispatchers are either in their heated or air conditioned office or at home. The bosses hide behind a human resources person or department. They NEVER see drivers.
its real fun when those companies have idle rules too. got to cut down on that idle time even it its "only" 80 degrees F outside.... they forget about inside temps.@@muffs55mercury61
Ha, ha, yeah, no $h*t! That interview sounded like a lot of BS.
Amen
I been driving for 9 years and ive literally never seen a driver lookout for each other....those drivers were judt being nice on camera but in real life they know its not like that
You're pretty much correct. Most are out for themselves these days. We see this daily.
Very true.
U ain't lieing. I was wondering wtf dude was talking about. The only time I've seen a trucker look out for another trucker is when he's trying to back into a tight spot.
Used to be that way through
@@zavettataylor2882 yea in the 70's
This is why we need National Constitutional Carry and employers must allow you to carry on the job.
you can carry in most states Tennessee is one you can and whats the worst a employer can do. fire you but you will still be alive
Too often insurance companies dictate company policy
I've walked to that truck stop from a hotel i was staying at while in training for my 1st trucking job, felt sketchy walking through this place, got offered drugs around that hotel once felt unsafe, RIP fellow driver
Truckers should be allowed to carry firearms to defend themselves. They're out there pretty much defenseless, by themselves, in some pretty bad places. Without these guys non of us would have the things we need. Congress has security and they are just sitting on their a$$es. Truckers should have security too.
I've never met an unarmed trucker. Huh?
A lot of truckers wouldn't even do the job without a concealed weapon even if it's prohibited by the owners of the company or illegal in some states they cross because they know the real dangers out there, they just don't advertise that they are armed you know it's secret except to like a spouse or other close family members but then there are some OTR drivers who are dangerous and they shouldn't have weapons of any kind because they are criminal minded but they also carry illegal weapons too; obviously for nefarious reasons. People need to learn to run they're loads, not socialize to much and go home whenever they can.
this is why I avoid truckstops to many low vibrational deceptacons the vibe is really off nowadays
Watch the Stores there unreal Crime too.
Sorry to hear one of our fellow brothers in trucking has passed away and prayers to his family
nothing surprises me about THAT truckstop. Its a shit location.
When I was OTR I learned soon which truck stops to avoid, especially at night. Now days when on a personal trip in my car I don't get gasoline at those places.
Yeah, right there with the ones around the Atlanta loop and South side of Chicago. I guarantee you the Truck stop can be safer than some of the less traveled Industrial areas surrounding the major cities.
@@rpruneau68 It's been 20 years since I delivered or picked up in Chicago. Back then it was the 76 (later became a TA) in Bolingbrook (I-55, exit 267) or if heading east it would be in Lake Station, IN. Never had any problems there. On the other hand we were told to NEVER stop at any truck stop in Gary, IN, day or night.
The TA on Exit 6 (Burr ST), in Gary, IN was my go to stop when traveling I-80 or I-65 since many wouldn't stop there given the geographical climate. Bolingbrook T/S was also a regular go to while traveling north on I-55 and was much more milder climate just charged for parking and was a mom & pops station so fuel fill-up was required to park cost free.@@muffs55mercury61
RIP Driver
My Heart Felt Condolences To His Family And Friends!
48 Year’s On The Road, So Glad To Be Retired
Condolences to the family, friends and co-workers of the truck driver.
As a trucker that is the very reason we should be able to carry a firearm with us . Dammit people get your head out your ass and look around we’re not safe anymore none of us .
Say it again we most definitely not safe out here.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY MY GOD BLESS THE FAMILY AND PROTECT ALL OUR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE!!!
AMEN!!!!!🕊😇👵🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸❤❤
I told my fuel department that I wasn’t ever going back to that Love’s years ago. I skip all truck stops in Nashville, Birmingham Alabama, South Dallas Texas, Atlanta Georgia, and Laredo Texas.
We now have third world crime, by third rate humans who know our justice system is corrupt and broken. Particularly the FBI, which should be investigating these crimes because it has to do with interstate commerce. But we all should know by now, that this is obviously not going to happen. I would even suggest they want this chaos to continue. Through their inaction and ill focused behavior with investigations that are more political in nature. They obviously don’t care
"Particularly the FBI, which should be investigating these crimes because it has to do with interstate commerce." Truth.
My ex had to tie his doors together when there was a trailer pickup/ drop-off near the border in CA. All night there were people trying to get into the cab. He couldn't leave the yard because the gaurd locked the gates when he went off duty, leaving him inside the locked gate. Very scary night.
@@1Way. Yes, I agree. ( scary night ) Thing is, it is almost like a disease. These types of incidents are spreading across the country and also in small towns. Though border towns have always been sketchy, the kind of crime infestation that was and is still occurring in border towns. Has been spreading throughout the United States.
Like I mentioned before, third world crime has come to the United States through either the migrant crisis, or third rate citizens committing these crimes. And the fact that our justice system is broken and adopting Marxist ideology through social justice means, they are not only allowing criminals to commit these crimes, they are selectively prosecuting whoever they feel are stopping them from destroying the very institutions, communities, and social structures that our country was founded upon.
Be safe and careful out there! Because those people doing this damage, don’t care about your ethnicity, sex, religion, or affiliation. The fact that you are a citizen, puts a target on your back.
What stinks is trucks drivers are still not allowed to be armed with firearms. When I was a kid and my mother used to run her own hotshot (70s). That woman was definitely not someone to mess with. She used to keep a colt python on the dash when on the road. Baddest mom I was so proud to have. R.I.P Mom. R.I.P driver & God bless all fellow truck drivers on the road!
Many truck drivers are armed. I'm one of them. Not sure why you would say that.
I drove for 2 OTR companies, both of which required drivers to serve Canada. You might be able to enter Canada with a handgun in your truck, but I would think it would cause a huge time delay because all these trips are unplanned. You get dispatched in Detroit or upstate NY & an hour & a half later you are at the border entering. There's no place to store the weapon in the USA before entering because we often enter in 1 city & exit at another. Drivers who only operate in the US probably are free to carry without concern.
@wayneanderson8034 Every state and every company has different laws and rules
He probably doesn't know the laws give him a break @@MAXIMUSMINIMALIST
There is no federal law or DOT regulation prohibiting firearms in CMVs.
State law applies to possession of firearms in CMVs, just as any other motor vehicles.
Whether you can lawfully carry in a cmv depends on the states where you run. If you’re on a southeast regional (aka Republican states), you can freely carry in a cmv.
If, however, you run in the northeast (aka Democrat-run sh*tholes), you will have a problem with a gun in the truck.
Truck drivers do NOT look out for each other. They will get into fistfights and worse over the fuel que at those pumps, over a parking space to sleep.. Truck drivers are constantly under stress. The pay is abysmal, they are under constant pressure for time, both by regulation and screaming dispatchers and dock personnel. The police are definitely out to ruin them, dumb laws and unreasonable situations are the norm. Lot lizards bothering drivers, other drivers sabotaging each other. A common thing is pulling the 5th wheel release on sleeping or away from their truck drivers. Watch near a truck stop. You won't got 2 weeks without one truck dropping a trailer while leaving because of sabotage. Yes, still the drivers fault because they should pretrip each time they move.
Trucking is now an utterly miserable and honestly not worth it job 99% of the time. I because a Sourdough for 3 years and then retired. Those who know know what that means.
Get a good safety record. That's just as much luck as skill today. Then go do that job few can, get your money and get out. One of the happiest days in my life was letting my medical expire and kicking my CDL back down to a regular Class C. Only getting married and when my kids were born healthy made me happier.
There's nothing fun or good about commercial driving in America anymore. It's a horrible job and anyone being honest who actually did it recently will tell you no different.
I tell people now I've seen almost all states was nice when I first started now with all this craziness I'm just here to make a check and go home with family.
I've been driving over 30 years and have to see someone drop a trailer from a 5th wheel pull...
in my state I see many truck drivers stopping mostly just on the ramps of a highway late at night. I get off at 3 am so I see this a lot. is this to avoid sabotage or being attacked? is it just simply more common at truck stops because no one cares and theres nothing in place to protect them? our highways here have cameras at almost every exit
@@fok8810no room for parking at the truck stops and they are almost out of driving time for the day.
I'm a retired driver,( 1980-2021). I always had a dog to warn me of anybody within 10 feet of that truck. And I had to make sure I was always alert for being a single driver. Condolences to the family.
No employer is your family unless you’re actually working for your family.
they will have another driver in that truck as soon as the investigation is over
@@JASONHJEFFERSON you forgot safety they will prob try to blame him for his own death on company time . yes i am glad i am old and retired crazy frickin world
He has already been forgotten and replaced.
No you are misinformed
lots of people screw their family members out of money. capitalism is evil
God bless our truck drivers 🙏. They work hard to move our goods around our country and it's often a thankless job. Condolences to that man's family.
My heart goes out to this truck driver's family and friends.
Truckers should be allowed to carry a firearm to defend themselves. Our country and roads are too dangerous nowadays. Create an exemption for truckers or law that will protect drivers.
they are unless you go to commie states like jersey or Illinois the states you really need a firearm
🙏 RIP TRUCK DRIVER 🙏
Condolences to your family and friends at this difficult time. ✝️😢😥
My fellow drivers please carry 2nd amendment supplies at all times... fuck company policies and rules our lives are more important!!!
worst they can do is fire you big deal there is thousands of companies all hiring
Too often insurance companies dictate company policy
Absolutely hate that insurance companies have changed the policy to suit themselves and not the drivers. @@jks3849
My only thing is what do you do if you have a load to a secured facility where they will inspect your truck? I’ve delivered to military bases and nuclear laboratories and they definitely search every inch of your vehicle
@@MrHunt916you can check in your firearm at a military base, idk anything about nuclear labs though
My heart goes out to the Family...! R.I.P. Driver your shift is over...!
I'm a trucker and we lost our brother and condolences to his family and friends. Drivers please let's all be safe and protected out here. #TruckerLife #TruckerLove
I used to stop here regularly years ago until it got to the point that I was being accosted by crack heads begging for money every time i stopped. Told the staff and they didn't seem to care. I just avoid the place altogether now.
He was last seen buying food at 7:20 p.m. What time was he supposed to check in, but didn't? What time was his body discovered? Obviously, he was shot by someone who was also at the travel center.
Approximately 50 trucks parked in Loves parking lot and not one swinging d*ck heard gunshots?
Exactly!!! It sounds fishy AF and i think his company might have been involved. Where's the Love's surveillance camera footage?!??
"Obviously, he was shot by someone who was also at the travel center."
Ya think? Pretty hard to shoot someone if you're not in the same place they are...
@@KG-xt4oq sometimes criminals use prostitutes, he may have been set up by one
@user-ux2wj5uj4z but that camera is looking out not in
There has to be camera images/footages on the snitch cameras that companies place in trucks as well as the personal dash cams of yruck drivers.. Too, surveillance cameras at Loves and near by businesses had to record something.
there probably is footage somewhere. i guess "yruck" driving has become pretty dangerous work c'mon
Damn. This is the new world we live in. Trucking has been in my family for over a 100 years combined with my Dad(RIP) Uncle (RIP) and one of my brothers. I just chose not to follow our Dad and Uncle's foot steps. Its one of the most underpaid careers out there in my opinion and full of cut throats as well.
RIP driver🙏
There are alot of drivers in this comment section saying this is nothing new.
I have been driving trucks for 90 years now.
@@curtis7599 90 years??
Your safety is your own responsibility. Stay armed, as they say, when seconds count police are minutes away.
I have a friend who is a retired police officer. They always carried more than one firearm than what was required. They preferred to be tried by 12 members of a jury than carried by 6 pallbearers.
But when you are targeted ... wake up
Federal law will not allow truck drivers to be armed.
@@ricksomething Warren v DC 1981
Police have no duty to protect you.
Be a victim if you want
I wish all truckers considered themselves brothers to one another, I’m a trucker and most truckers don’t even speak to one another. We should be all like brothers out there, but sadly we’re not. Condolences to that drivers family, real talk!
My deepest condolences for the loss of this young trucker during this most difficult time and prayers and comfort to the family. My brother was a trucker for 10yrs back in the mid 80's to the mid 90's and he drove all over the US 🇺🇸 and back then truckers did seem to be more friendly towards one another and helpful even when using the CB dispatch with one another but my brother did mention that a few truckers in certain states did get robbed but mostly when off the truck and he mentioned prostitutes used to set them up to be robbed as well. I want to give a huge Thank You to all the truckers out there for the hard work that YOU do because all of you deserve so much more because without YOU all this country or any other couldn't function at all. Be safe and stay alert to your surroundings and blessings to YOU and your families. 🙏🏾👍🏾
My condolences to this driver family and friends.. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
My condolences to the family and friends of the driver who lost his life.
I am pro-guns as a deterrent to a totalitarian government. As for gun use for personal safety. It seems to rely on who gets the drop on who.
I’ve lived in Major Cities, drove trucks through areas best avoided. Yet, despite 14 years of driving truck all over the United States, no one has ever attempted to rob me. Some might say, I was lucky. 14 years lucky is a lot of luck. I have another suggestion.
1. My attitude is a no nonsense alert attitude with my head on a swivel. I’m not rude or impolite nor am I friendly.
2. I spent as little time in truck convenience stores and restaurants as possible. I would do my business and go back to my truck.
3. Basic security goes a long way. If someone wants to get into a trailer, they will. However, most thieves are lazy looking for easy pickings. It is much easier to get into a trailer with only a plastic seal than one with a big steel lock. Same goes with the cab. I would keep the curtain to the sleeper berth closed. When parked, all of the cab windows were covered. How many thieves want to try to break into a blacked out truck? Is there someone or something in there? Might there be a shotgun waiting to blow their heads off. Too much risk when there are so many to choose from.
4. I listened to my gut/intuition. I have pulled into many places to take a break only to pull right back out of them because my intuition was sending up red flags. I’ve changed my routing on that same basis many times. The safety of my truck and freight is my responsibility and nobody else’s.
That’s how I did it. I have no stake in the game since I am retired.
So heartbreaking. Stay strapped out there folks, many of us live in a bubble of a false sense of security, while there are a few out there looking to take advantage in the worst ways possible.
💯🎯💯🎯
That’s one thing I like about being a trucker. We definitely look out for each other when we are out on the road. Nothing is perfect but I know most of us try very hard.
We should all get together and try to get firearm exemption to carry in every state for truckers! I carry my firearm, I don’t believe I lost my rights to carry because I have a CDL!
I would think it would be a problem when every state has different laws.
I am with you on this, and if a state doesn't want to comply, no truck goes to that state to do delivery, we need to come together as a truck driver to get this law pass.
America is not a good place to live anymore.
It never has been for Black people
A lot of truck drivers are ruthless now, it’s not like what it used to be.
True facts thanks 👍
Lots of newbie drivers finding out it's not just driving but surviving, 40 hours classroom instruction and less driving does not make an OTR driver .
Yeah no, that's insane. Get them out on the road and teach them what will matter, and how to protect their life. The only thing they teach in those classrooms is policy and corporate heirarchy.
This is not a trucking issue. This is a society issue everyone out there for themselves. While it is a sad incident. This stuff happens daily in every work/play environment. We must change as society if we want to make a difference.
Stop being delusional. Society is what it is. Ban guns and only the bad guys will have them. BAD GUYS DON'T OBEY LAWS. Don't you get it yet?
Heartbreaking. Young man working and evil people/person does something like this. Prayers to his friends and family.
Read most of the comments and decided to add my two cents. I started driving in '72 and ended in '83 after l went back to school for a career change. Got caught up in the '73 truckers shutdown. Not too many problems for me there. Just had to avoid the truck stops as most would let you in but not let you out. Oh, and three attempted highjackings. Mr. Ruger contributed a lot to stopping those. Came through Mobile, Alabama one night after a 15 year old kid threw an 80+lb chunk of cement through a trucker's winshield and killed him. Cops arrested the kid few days later later when he started bragging about what he had done. Started carrying a hand held spotlight to sweep the overpasses. Several weeks later, just east of Monroe, Louisiana, l came up to an overpass and started sweeping it. Another truck coming up behind me slowed down to my speed and stayed with me. By the time l got to Jackson, Mississippi, there were 15 trucks behind me. I could only run 52 mph but none of those guys passed me until I turned off on I-55 southbound. Sure was a lot of headlight flashing as they passed me.
After l went back to school, l continued to drive over the road for a short time on weekends. One day one of my professors and his wife joined me as l was eating lunch and the wife asked if l had a gun in my truck. We were not allowed to have guns on campus. Told her l did. She replied that she had heard a lot of trucker carried guns and was curious if l did. We talked about it awhile and then she told me nothing more would be said about it to anyone else.
When l quit driving things were changing, all the new stuff was becoming law, you had to go to driving school to get a CDL. I do not know about all the driving schools, but the local one where l lived sure did not teach much about real life driving.
So tragic! My heart goes out to the trucker's loved ones. Back when my son was driving it was like this. He was OTR and only had a problem one time and it got dealt with.
All lies ! Truck drivers treat each other like garbage
Not my experience
My condolences and RIP trucker. As a female trucker, I asked my company if I could carry. She said no. We're not even allowed to carry pepper spray. But umm maam, you're not on the road with me...I am and my safety is on me, not your little app on my phone to activate when I have an emergency.
It's the 2nd Amendment for a reason.
He stopped in the ghetto. Should’ve stopped at a Love’s in one of the safe White areas just outside the city.
My brother drives he got held up at gunpoint at a rest area in alabama last year.
Police can track who was in the area by their cellphone GPS bread crumbs. The killer is already caught. Just doesn’t know it yet.
@@user-dq3oo5of3kYep that wouldn't surprise me one bit.
once I was traveling alone with my children from Michigan to AZ and about 5am outside of Kansas a trucker sped up and hit a deer that would have otherwise ended up in my windshield probably injuring myself children and vehicle! I thank whomever that trucker was. He saved my family ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Be kind to the Truckers you never know whom has your back out on the dangerous roads! I left my abuser that week and haven't been back since! Thank you Over the road Truck driver you were my Earth Angel that day ❤️
Condolences to the family … may God 🙏🏼comfort all of his loved ones and friends
Please forgive me for my initial thoughts and feelings when I first read this headline, I immediately feared for my own son, and my youngest brother who are both truckers. I was fearful, relieved, and heartbroken, all at the same time.
My brother has been driving 20+ years, my son going into his 4th year. They both tell of incidents time and again, sometimes even from other truckers, that keep me praying daily for all of their safety. My prayers go out to this unfortunate trucker, and his family. I recall when I lived in Atlanta, back in the late 80s until I moved back home in Feb. 2000, about a truck stop, I used to work near on Bankhead highway, I'd stop there on my way to work, or sometimes afterwork, the stuff I saw back then gives me chills.
That's sad. My condolences to his family and friends.
Either it was an attempted robbery or it could've been another driver
@@jamesnevitt3400 Didnt pay the lot lizard.
@@jamesnevitt3400betting on an altercation with another driver. I’m a driver myself and there are a lot of drivers out here that have very short tempers and are quick to get violent.
@@RiZenAsH the fact that this is not even shocking is absolutely terrifying. Stay safe out there.
@@jamesnevitt3400 it could have also been a complete random act. It's getting crazier to crazier.
Rest in peace my fellow driver hope he's family is ok
36 years CDL
I wonder if the driver tried to "stiff" the wrong lot lizard?
its more dangerous than people hear about and its a skill , a survivsl skill u must learn as a trucker or even a 6th sense to recognize dangerous places/people , best advice to a new trucker is this aint no road trip, work the loads and try not to talk to people unless u have to and try like hell to look like u know what your doing
We all know it was probably some young scholar trying to get his life together, and his mama will tell you he's a good boy who never did no wrong to nobody.
The usual suspects?
I think now it's probably illegals, then a drugged out junkie or maybe its a gang initiation
Or a clear person who knows
Watched it again, they didn't say it was a robbery, but that's what makes the most sense to me???
I’m wondering if he gave a hitchhiker a ride and they did this to him? This is so sad. My condolences to the family and his friends 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Road Warrior, you made your last load. We'll take it from here... May God guide you where you need to go and be with your family and friends who were left behind.
This is a poorly written news segment. Was he killed at the truck stop? Was he killed on a road nearby? Was he killed 100 miles down the road? It sounded like at the truck stop parking lot since Love's employee found him apparently. So the rest of the people at that exact truck stop sure seem pretty calm about it. Just all like "Yeah, shit happens."
But the same cops, legislators and Media will make SURE We are Unarmed.
"It's for our Safety."
Why would a trucker let someone into his rig if he didn't know them?
Check for cameras?
prayers to the family and all truck drivers. be safe and ty for all yall do. this is heartbreaking and praying justice be served
5,000!?! Clearly you're not interested in catching the killer! They got no respect for truckers
"Can it be a dangerous place"? SERIOUSLY? There truly are some STUPID questions, and this reporter just proved it!
My deepest condolences and prayers to this drivers' family.
Very sad. He was the same age as me. I haven’t had any bad experiences at truck stops as most of them have security. I was told to avoid the Loves in Memphis Tennessee if I can help it
Absolutely 💔 it's so wrong.. my heart goes out to his family and friends
This is why i drive local, its still dangerous out there though. Even on the way to work, anytime of day.
My prayers go to all the families involved in this 😢situation all the way from Australia. ❤❤❤
Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham, and pretty much any other city are unsafe to take a break in. If I have the option I just go to a company yard or i stop away from those areas.
RIP DRIVER. 🙏 FOR THE DRIVER AND HIS LOVE ONE'S. 😢
My deepest condolences to the family hard-working man. I'm so sorry 😢 🙏
In all seasons and in all situations, make sure you keep the heat on in your trucks. Stay safe out there.
Wellllll - truckers being one big happy family who looks out for each other isnt entirely true. Just tune in on the CB at a truck stop to hear all the cat fighting, shit talking & racial bullshit every night.
I ain’t got no panties on.
You get a bunch of people together with mutual goals and occupations, and you have a brotherhood. Man I wish life was like this in general
Could have been something as stupid as road rage. My condolences to his family on and off the roads. 🙏🏻😢
I was based out of East Nashville 10yrs ago and that Love's was dangerous then..
RIP my fellow trucker
That's crazy. I wonder if this was on truck stop property, or maybe he parked down the street in an unlit area? A lot of times, you can't find room at the truck stop, so you have to move further down the road in a sketchy area just to take your break. I never got much sleep like that. I hope there is some surveillance camera footage. Very sad.
I were totally upset about places denied the truck's to be parked
Many prayers and condolences for family, loved ones and all affected.
I heard its hot safe as years ago being a trucker these days. People trying to get you pulled over ect.So many people coming into USA now not as safe as years ago.Dont know what kind of good or bad people you may run into. Be safe always look around and DONT pick up anyone. Scary times now!
During my 2 years trucking when I 1st started out I never locked my doors I just parked and went to sleep. Eventually I started getting bad feelings like someone may end me one day during my trucking career if I wasn't careful even if I felt safe. One particular day I had a very bad feeling with hunting premonitions of some random person ending me so I locked my doors "which was unusual for me" and went to sleep at a truck stop in MO. I'm a very light sleeper and about 2 hours after going to sleep I woke up to a noise which sounded like my door handles was being pulled on. It was dark and I was like "😑... so tired wtf is going on...." I then heard a knock at the door I felt extremely uneasy so I only cracked the window to this African super dark skinned dude asking me for money and he told me he lived in the woods but looking into his eyes his eyes were super wide open and he had an extremely scary/crazy look on his face like he was ready to end me just to get anything off of me to survive. I didn't ask him why he messed with my door handles I just gave him a few snacks through the small crack I made in the window and told him to have a nice night and went back to sleep only imagining what may have happened to me if I failed to lock my doors that night. I really think he would have attacked me if he made it into my truck and I would have likely woken up while being attacked.
Only other dangerous situations besides man is wildlife meaning actual hyenas like right after I got into my truck while at a closed shipper there was a hyena like right next to the truck where I was just outside looking for information and I had no way to defend myself if it had attacked me while I was outside of the truck..... from that point on I always keep a lookout for dangerous wildlife anytime outside of the truck...... so many dangers of any kind can come out of nowhere at any moment.
Deepest condolences to his family 🙏
Our truckers are the greatest. What ever happened throw the book at them. I am so sorry. Wrights trucking. 💜
What is going on with long haul truckers? There have been many unsolved crimes against truckers recently.🤔
Its not safe anywhere anymore......Prayers Up