Talk:Truck stop

Truck stops in Wytheville, Virginia

Idle comment: Wytheville, Virginia is a college town, not a truck stop town (I'm writing this from the college's academic resource center). The author may have been thinking of nearby Hillsville or Rocky Gap, Virginia... Almafeta 15:03, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, Wytheville has 5 such truck stops in the area, all providing eating establishments as well. One on I-77, one exit north of the merger of I-81, three of them between Wytheville and Fort Chiswell and one inside Fort Chiswell, plus other minor facilities. The Wytheville region is a trucking paradise and has been for over 30 years. There is a truck driving school in the town, the economy of Wytheville relies mostly on transportation.

Those facilities are there because I-81 and I-77 is two of the most heavily traveled truck routes in the US. Wytheville has one of the most serious congestion problems for a town of it's size as it is also inhabited by tons of outsiders in other vehicles. It's isolation from major cities in each direction makes it a major pit stop. ~SSM

Opening is misleading

The opening line of this article is very misleading. A truck stop does not denote it as an eating establishment. Many of the truck stops that I frequent offer no more than fuel and coffee.~Paul Mundt

This article is indeed inaccurate. Contrary to what this article says; in the UK there are both transport cafés and truck stops. They are two different things. The former is a roadside greasy spoon frequented by truckers. The latter is a much bigger establishment with Diesel pumps and facilities for those staying overnight such as showers, restaurant and bar etc.. Not everyone pronounces café "caff" either. It depends which part of the UK they come from. Apgeraint 16:30, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

I changed the article around quite a bit, hopefully making it more accurate and informative. Matheson 07:26, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Merge to Rest area

This article (Truck stop) should be merged to Rest area. Any objections? —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-02-28 09:37Z

Truck stops are commercial enterprises that, at their heart, cater to the long haul trucking business. Rest areas are break areas for travellers that are government maintained. I don't see the benefit in merging the articles. VulcanOfWalden 17:20, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't believe there is any connection between a truck stop and a rest area. A rest area is little more than a wide spot in the road with parking and rest-rooms. Some truck stops are practically shopping malls. The only thing they have in common is the parking and rest-rooms. Rsduhamel 17:28, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

World View

Added additional information about T/S in the US. This needs to be considered and balanced by someone knowledgeable about stops in other countries. SkoreKeep 07:15, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree, and wish I was in a position to provide that knowledge.

Mainland China, South Korea, coastal Brazil, and many other nations have large industries and busy container ports. Obviously there are many thousands of trucks serving that commerce. Where do they fuel up? Stay the night? Where do those truckers hang out? Surely we can glean these details!

On the other hand, in the USA, truckers have a limited online presence. There are only a handful of 'ongoing' truck driver oriented web sites, and no blogs that I can find. (I myself just launched a regional site, with specific information for truckers heading into the San Francisco Bay area -- even in the Silicon Valley there were no such sites!)

71.131.21.93 01:51, 28 August 2007 (UTC) -Paul C

Re: Truck stops in US, UK, Australia, etc.

I removed the following from the head of the article:

A Truck Stop is not as described below. It may not offer other than a place to park, and that might be for a limited time. It may offer more but it may not,, and need not! as can be the case in the UK and Australia.

A Transport Cafe would offer food and may be (usually is) a place for a truck to stop, while a lorry park would be an official parking area possibly with charges for different periods of time. Some countries like America may use the term Truck Stop to describe something different,, that is a matter for them,, but the English language is English and it means simply place for a truck to stop.

I realize that "truck stop" designates different things in different countries, but the matter should be integrated into the body of the article and not tacked on to the opening. Please be aware, SkoreKeep, that I am not opposed to your intent - only the method. Matheson 16:17, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

The unqualified description of the meaning of a Truck Stop is not correct for the United Kingdom (which is the home of the English Language) or even more so in Australia and possibly other countries. A Truck Stop should not be taken to be what America says it is, it can be a just what it says, a place for a truck to stop/park. It can indeed be more, but it definitely should not be assumed to be more outside the coastline of America. Australia has a mass of Truck Stops, which are simply open country off road places to park.

I am concerned that Americans editing this are assuming that the Internet is only American; it is global so we need to adhere to the English language. If Americans have taken the words to mean something else other than a place for a truck to stop, then they should make it plain that this is an American term and it does apply to America and Americans who often use the English Language in their own way. I have no problem with this,,, but,,, again,,, it is reasonable to expect America to appreciate that this site is global, not an American intranet, so to initially state the meaning without qualification is just plain inaccurate and "Wrong". In fact a magnanimous approach is required not a parochial one, which is a shame for such an illustrious website and great country. (user Eden)