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VIDEO. Angry truckers: "We help each other on Facebook" to find where to sleep

3/22/2020, 7:51:20 PM


Closed road restaurants, inaccessible sanitary facilities, condemned rest areas ... Truck drivers denounce their working conditions

“I had to travel 120 km and three stations to find a shower. Steven, a truck driver specializing in automobile transportation, has decided not to resume driving after a week of work in conditions they deem unacceptable. Like him, many road professionals have let their anger explode on social networks.

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Faced with the situation, the drivers use the D system. Like Sandrine, who before hitting the road had planned "camping equipment with a stove" to be able to eat and "a shower" which she supplied with "bottles of five liters ".

Steven participates in a mutual aid system on social networks. With colleagues, he participates in a “Facebook group” where truckers exchange information, thanks to a participatory card, about rest areas always accessible to trucks.