MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) — The manager of the Pilot truck stop on Baptist Road said that it’s not unusual for all of his 112 of parking spaces to be filled when winter weather hits, but he’s never seen demand as strong as it was Thursday morning.
According to the manager, as many as 150 semi trucks parked in the lot, lined the entrance lane waiting to park, and even parked in the center median on Baptist Road hoping to get in.
The manager said that he called police to send an officer to keep trucks from trying to enter the lot.
There are differing opinions among trick drivers as to why the situation happened; the state law requiring commercial drivers to apply chains to their truck tires when traveling on Monument Hill may have been a factor.