Parking Thoughts

So I posed the question a couple days ago and got what I was hoping for,the question is and will always be,Will you be willing to pay to park? It was pretty much a mixed bag of sorts.
 With the way trucking is and the hours of service electronic logs,data recorders and so much more,cheating the log book has become a harder challenge then ever,staying with in a 14 hour clock is at times real hard to almost impossible. Not that I am saying drivers cheat the log book,I am just making the statement cause if you really look at the way things have changed for us in just a few years we are so limited in how we do things.
 In some parts of the country parking is not a big issue,however other parts are. You pull in to a truck stop at 7 pm and their is no place to park. Yet other places you go you can pull in at midnight and find a spot.
  So as the question goes,are you willing to pay to park?
  In general point I got,"Only if that's the last option". So who then should be responsible for us to build parking spots,the federal government ? State or Local Governments? Private companies ? Well that is always been up for debate,after all the feds created the rules and their for should build us places,but then again they build them and then close them up or even think about this,when you use government rest areas they where built with tax dollars,so in turn you are paying for parking their even if you don't use them or not.
 Cities should have parking areas built in industrial areas if they want us to move their stuff they should! On that one,their was the city of South Bend In that built a area just for trucks going to the industrial park on the east side of town,well they had to close it up cause drivers where trashing the place,pee bottles,trash,tires and oil,vandalism to the small out houses they built,and drivers making noise like crazy,so after a while they had no chose but to close it up. Never was the issue of crime,just trash.
 Should it be up to the shippers and receivers? They want us their to move "their" fright so they need to provide us with a place to park. Well on that note,a food warehouse in Northern Ct had done just that,drivers where allowed to come in early for their appointment time and park,until the one day a driver was robbed and sued the chain for $500,000 and it was latter found out he was never robbed,just an insurance scam,I do believe they did jail time,but the chain said they don't want the risk for the safety of the driver and trucks.
 Shopping centers,malls,stores,and many other places used to let us park,not any more,reasons are two,one,drivers that feel they are the gift to economy and can do what they want they have to be respected (I see it all the time today) to where they park where the cars are and block spaces. Two,the trash issue,pee bottles and lazy trash throwers.
  So that leaves the privet property owners,like the truck stops,I saw where a couple people posted that they rip you off and over price EVERYTHING,yes I agree truck/travel stop/centers are over priced now a days. So thing about this,who cleans the lot(their are some that do so lets say them)? Who patches the pot holes? Who cleans the place? The property owners do and as we in the trucking know,we have too many drivers who are lazy and hurt the rest of us,but I don't see truck drivers out their picking up trash,I don't see truck drivers cleaning the fuel island,refilling the washer fluid,helping empty the trash,nope instead I see and here drivers complain about how bad the place is.
 In general I think before we go and make haste about the "horrible"  and "evil" greedy chains and think about how maybe we can help out in some ways today. So until someone can up with a good strong plan to help the truckers and companies we may just end up their paying to park.
 And on a side note,Jason's Law is not going to help parking,just like the other government help outs,we all get screwed in the end. As I said before it sucks what happen to Jason but it's a feel good law,an empty cake with sweet frosting on the out side.