{"id":612,"date":"2015-07-21T17:48:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T17:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alltruckjobs.com\/blog\/?p=612"},"modified":"2021-02-01T16:17:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T21:17:26","slug":"roadbreakers-app-overnight-parking-finder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alltruckjobs.com\/blog\/roadbreakers-app-overnight-parking-finder\/","title":{"rendered":"RoadBreakers App: Overnight Parking Finder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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A huge issue as a driver is the problem with finding a safe place to “set up camp” for the night. There’s too many trucks, too little parking. The challenge of finding a safe place to park leads to the misfortune of wasted hours that you could be using sleeping or worse—getting attacked in an unsafe location. Some drivers find themselves resorting to unsafe locations like industrial parking lots, behind grocery stores, abandoned gas stations or freeway ramps.<\/p>\n

The American Truck Parking Shortage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paying overnight fees or wasting the gas getting to a truck stop to spend the night is not the ideal situation for drivers. According to a survey conducted on Interstate 5, a California highway, 70% of drivers found that truck stops were full and had to keep going.<\/p>\n

4,000 drivers were surveyed in 2013 and found that:<\/p>\n