Trucking In Chi-town

This is my second time in Chicago and both times not truck friendly locations. My Rand McNally wouldn't even give a route. Said no legal truck route to destination. So following my Qualcomm and macro 19 directions I proceeded to travel past several no truck signs and had to make two turns right before going under low bridges. Had one intersection that I had to wait for oncoming traffic to have a gap big enough to use the lane for my right hand turn and had to have a car in the turn lane back up and just barley made the turn.

Now sitting at shipper waiting for my turn to get loaded. Kinda hoping to get delayed here and leave in the middle of the night.

Just needed to vent a little. Even got cut off by a police cruiser no turn signal just jumped in front of me.

This is my second time in Chicago and both times not truck friendly locations. My Rand McNally wouldn't even give a route. Said no legal truck route to destination. So following my Qualcomm and macro 19 directions I proceeded to travel past several no truck signs and had to make two turns right before going under low bridges. Had one intersection that I had to wait for oncoming traffic to have a gap big enough to use the lane for my right hand turn and had to have a car in the turn lane back up and just barley made the turn.

Now sitting at shipper waiting for my turn to get loaded. Kinda hoping to get delayed here and leave in the middle of the night.

Just needed to vent a little. Even got cut off by a police cruiser no turn signal just jumped in front of me.

I drive Chicago a lot, and you are correct in it not being truck friendly. Not only are the drivers incredibly aggressive, there is virtually no place to shut down for the night. You have my sympathy!

Welcome to Chicago lol.

It can be a real pita at times, especially when you're in some of the older sections or anywhere around Chinatown. Also keep an eye out , they've done a ton of road work lately and some of those bridges that are marked 13'8" now are 13'2".

Just needed to vent a little. Even got cut off by a police cruiser no turn signal just jumped in front of me.

One morning I was in Jersey City and it was business as usual. Every inch of space crammed with cars and people. Well of course I had to back into a dock off a busy street. I wait a while, finally get a spot to slip into traffic, and block the road while I do my setup. I put it in reverse, start checking my mirrors before I get rolling, and I see blue lights start flashing about 100 feet from me and I think, "Wow. That's amazing. Are you telling me this cop is going to actually block traffic for the 30 seconds it will take me to get backed in here?"

pfffff.....of course not. He put on his blue lights, drove completely onto the sidewalk with all four wheels (I'm not making this up) so he could get around the nose of my truck, drove back off the sidewalk onto the street, turned off his lights, and continued on. I just laughed and said, "Well, at least he warned people he was coming before he almost mowed them down on the sidewalk."

Welcome to trucking where everyone desperately needs you but hates you at the same time.