Is it illegal to park a semi trailer carrying chemicals in a residential neighborhood?

Question

I live in a small town and about 2 blocks away, this trucker comes home and parks his liquid bulk carrying semi truck in the church parking lot across from his house for 2 days. I am not sure exactly what he is hauling,but somehow I feel like he should not be able to park it in a residential neighborhood. Is it illegal?

Answer 1

next time call the police if he is parked there with the placards on the trailer are visible,this means he is not allowed to be in that area unless he is making a delivery to a plant...as a professional truck driver he should know this and also get the name of the trucking company and the truck and trailer numbers and pictures if possible and report him to his saftey supervisor...and  he wont be back with his truck,if you want to be a professional truck driver you need to conduct yourself in such a manner that you are one ,not some stupid fool with a CDL.i dont need this type of driver representing me as a professional driver..

Answer 2

I would worry more about natural gas explosions and gas stations exploding than a parked semi truck loaded or empty,believe it or not your car is the worst explosive device around you.

Answer 3

It is illegal to do this...........

Answer 4

Maybe yes, maybe no. As long as the load isn't hazmat (hazardous material) that prevents the load from being left unattended there is no wrong in it. (Hint - if the load is hazmat there will be placards on the vehicle specifying the content.) As long as the church doesn't have a problem with the truck being there, there is no wrong in it there either. Local bylaws may restrict commercial vehicle traffic which could prevent the truck from being there in the first place, but you'd have to inquire with local authorities to know that.

If it is a simple matter that you don't like seeing the truck there, take the time to consider that parking the truck there may be the only way the driver can get home for a day or two. Put yourself in the driver's shoes before you bring undue hardship on others. For some of us, bringng the truck home while on a run is the only way we can get home for weeks at a time.

Answer 5

If it is placarded, meaning it has the diamond shaped signs on it, then the truck has to be parked within a line of sight from the driver, or on a manned yard, meaning a yard with a fence around it and someone present at all times like a security gaurd. My company doesn't allow me to take such loads home, I'm stuck babysitting them. If it has no placards. all bets are off, he can park it whereever he wants as long as he has permision from the land-owner or they haven't passed laws preventing him from parking there, which my town has.

Answer 6

Why don't you ask him instead of complaining. There may be a legitimate reason he is parking there. As far as his cargo, why do you assume it is something scary. Is this situation causing you grief or personal harm? If he is two blocks from your house I don't think it is causing a parking problem for you. To those giving a thumbs down......Many people whine about truckers (no...I am not one) but they sure like the goods that those trucks bring. People need to stop being paranoid. If there is a situation they don't like...deal with it in an appropriate manner.

Answer 7

If he has permission to park there its not illegal unless he is hauling explosives with that he cant park in residential area

Answer 8

§397.7 Parking.

(a) A motor vehicle which contains Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 materials must not be parked under any of the following circumstances —

(a)(1) On or within 5 feet of the traveled portion of a public street or highway;

(a)(2) On private property (including premises of a fueling or eating facility) without the knowledge and consent of the person who is in charge of the property and who is aware of the nature of the hazardous materials the vehicle contains; or

(a)(3) Within 300 feet of a bridge, tunnel, dwelling, or place where people work, congregate, or assemble, except for brief periods when the necessities of operation require the vehicle to be parked and make it impracticable to park the vehicle in any other place.

(b) A motor vehicle which contains hazardous materials other than Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 materials must not be parked on or within five feet of the traveled portion of public street or highway except for brief periods when the necessities of operation require the vehicle to be parked and make it impracticable to park the vehicle in any other place.

[59 FR 63925, Dec. 12, 1994].

Answer 9

Depends on what he is hauling and most truckers are not going to

risk putting a dangerous  load in the public were something can happen  when they are out of the truck.