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115 Rest Stop Trucker Bomb F I N D I N G PA R K I N G A N D turnaround space for a loaded semitrailer truck is so difficult that truckers fashion urinals out of empty gallon jugs for use in the truck to avoid spending time and effort finding a restroom. Highway rubbish cleanup crews in the I-90 corridor of the U.S. western states and in Canada along the Canadian Expressway find thousands of gallons of bottled urine in the tall grasses annually , sometimes just at the wrong moment. When heated by the sun or swiped by the blade of a lawn mower, the “trucker bombs” explode, showering unsuspecting maintenance workers with warm, stale urine. In2003thestateofWashingtonrespondedbyimposingthemaximum littering fine—$1,025—on anyone caught improperly disposing of a truckerbomb.Protectingmaintenancecrewsisjustoneconcern.Trucker bombs are generally filled while vehicles are in motion. First responders at the scene of a fatal single-vehicle truck accident in Utah found the driver with his pants around his knees, an open jug of urine on the cab floor. Washington State antilittering sign. (Courtesy of the state of Washington) ...

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