Truckers Refuse to Park at These 5 U.S. Rest Areas After Dark. One Had 133 Police Calls

In 2021, police were called to one rest area on the edge of Bozeman, Montana 133 times. Not for the county. For one parking lot with a bathroom block and a few picnic tables. This video looks at five U.S. rest areas that truckers go out of their way to avoid after dark, and the one trap behind all of them: the driver who skips a bad lot often has nowhere better to stop. In this video: the 14-hour clock that decides where a driver ends up at 1 a.m., the national shortage of one public truck parking space for every 11 trucks, the Bozeman rest area closed in 2023 after years of police calls, a trucker shot at a rest area on I-80 near Victor, Iowa, two cases at a rest area near Morrilton, Arkansas (1996 and 2000), the FBI's Highway Serial Killings Initiative started in 2004, the September 2026 stabbing at Bitter Creek on I-80 in Wyoming, the Nashville rest stop killer Bruce Mendenhall, and what drivers can do when every option is bad. Hank, a trucker with 30 years on the road, adds his own two cents along the way. Chapters 0:00 133 police calls at one rest area 1:13 The trap: nowhere else to stop 2:34 The 14-hour clock 3:58 One parking space for 11 trucks 6:59 1. Bozeman, Montana 10:32 2. Victor, Iowa (I-80) 12:34 3. Morrilton, Arkansas 14:44 The FBI's highway killings database 17:46 4. Bitter Creek, Wyoming 20:33 5. Nashville, Tennessee 22:14 Where drivers park instead 25:36 What drivers can do about it 27:39 Watch next If you have parked overnight at any of these places, tell us in the comments what it was like. Watch next on the Hank channel: the next video, right after this one. Sources: Montana Department of Transportation, Bozeman Police via NBC Montana, KBZK, CBS Minnesota, Cowboy State Daily, CBS Sacramento, FBI via Fox19, ATRI (American Transportation Research Institute), Verisk CargoNet 2025 annual report. #RestArea #Trucking #TruckerSafety