LACK OF TRUCKSTOPS IN CANADA

[irish cattle hauler]

WELL WESTERN CANADA I CANT SEE THAT SPACE IS A PROBLEM I SEE FLYING J IS NOW STARTING TO EXPAND ACROSS CANADA WHICH CANT BE A BAD THING AS A LOT OF THE ROAD KILLS DONT HAVE THE SAME FACILITIES ESPECIALLY THE RESTURANTS HAVING TRIED THE ROAD KILL AND FLYING J IN EDMONTON FLYING J CAME UP TRUMPS IS THERE A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK ON TRUCK DRIVERS IN CANADA I WAS TALKING TO AN EX DRIVER WHO WAS NOW A RECRUITER FOR A CATTLE HAUL COMPANY IN LETHBRIDGE AND HE CLAIMED THERE WAS A NEGATIVE VIEW EVEN FROM THE COPS HE CLAIMS HE WAS REGULLARY AWOKEN BY HIGHWAY PATROL AND ASKED TO MOVE HIS VECHILE FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS REST AREAS OR PARKING TO CLOSE TO GAS PUMPS IVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY TRYING TO FIND A PLACE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING IN CERTAIN PARTS OF EUROPE WELL AT LEAST DRIVERS DONT GET GASSED IN THERE CABS SOUTHERN EUROPE IS A DANGEROUS PLACE A LOT OF THESE GANGS SPRAY SLEEPING GAS OR OTHER SUBSTANCES THROUGH THE HETING PIPES DURING WINTER AND IN SUMMER I ALWAYS STRAP THE DOORS I RUN A SMALL RATCHET STRAPP THROUGH THE DOOR HANDLES SO IF I DO GET GASSED AND SOME SCUMBAG TRIES TO BREAK IN HE WONT GET IN ONLY THROUGH THE WINDOW I HAVE NOW INSTALLED A GAS ALARM AND SLEEP WITH A PICK SHALF AND A HAMMER WITHIN REACH ITS WELL KNOWN THAT SOUTHERN EUROPE THE SOUTH OF FRANCE SPAIN AND ITALY ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND LAWLESS COUNTRIES I SUPPOSE PARTS OF THE USA ARE JUST AS DANGEROUS I HEARD A COUPLE OF DRIVERS TALKING ON THE CB LAST YEAR WHILE I WAS RUNNING WITH A BUDDY OF MINE WHO PULLS TRAILERS FOR US EXPRESS OUT OF OAKLAHOMA ABOUT THERE GUN COLLECTIONS AND HOW EAGER THEY WERE TO BLOW A HOLE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF WHO EVER DARED BREAK INTO THERE TRUCKS ALSO THERE IS THE PROBLEM OF LOT LIZZRDS AND JUNKIES AND STRANGE PEOPLE THAT TEND TO LIVE IN THERE CARS AND CRISS CROSS THE USA TRUCKSTOPS HAVE ALL MANER OF STRANGE PEOPLE LURKING AROUND SPOOKY BUT I FOUND CANADA VERY SAFE AND THE PEOPLEEXTREMMELLY FRIENDLY AND POLITE I DID FIND THE HUTTERITES A LITTLE WEIRD AS I NEVER HAD SEEN THESE KIND OF PEOPLE OR DOUBT THEY EXISTED IN THE 21ST CENTURY I THOUGHT THEY WERE LIKE A CULT BEFORE I WAS PUT RIGHT BY SOME LOCALS IN SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN