Service stations - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
04 November
Do service station facilities need a re-vamp?
For professional drivers, motorway service stations can be an important part of the working day. We often rely on them for fuel, food, drink and rest.
The widely varying quality of services' facilities for professional drivers has long been a cause for concern in the fleet world. Service stations form part of the daily working environment for many of us.
The Road Haulage Association is campaigning for better standards to be enforced across service stations. “It is not acceptable for crime against trucks and their drivers to be rife at MSAs (motorway service areas), or for professional drivers to be faced with unacceptably poor and dirty facilities,” it says.
“Drivers are required to take rest breaks by law (as well as by common sense) and MSAs are as much a part of the strategic road network as the carriageway and smart motorway systems. Government has, for too long, ignored its responsibilities in this area. The RHA has been lobbying hard on this issue and it is hopeful that ministers will now be much more supportive than they have been.”
At the time of writing there are 94 different service stations on Britain’s motorways – but which are the best for commercial drivers?