Washington — Now available to truck drivers and trucking operations managers: a third Jason’s Law survey about the availability of safe places for truckers to park and rest.
The Federal Highway Administration is conducting the survey, with separate versions for truckers and operations managers. The response deadline is Feb. 27.
Signed in July 2012, the law is named for New York-based truck driver Jason Rivenburg, who was murdered in 2009 during a robbery after parking his truck at an abandoned South Carolina gas station known to be used by other truckers to rest per federal hours-of-service regulations.
FHWA conducted similar surveys in 2015 and 2018-2019. The most recent survey found that 98% of truckers experienced problems with finding safe parking.
The agency considers the lack of available truck parking a “national safety concern,” saying that fatigued drivers who struggle to find spaces may elect to continue on the road or seek unsafe parking locations such as the shoulder of the road, exit ramps or vacant lots.
Survey results will help guide efforts for federal and state funding for truck parking, FHWA says.
