It would seem to me that a theory such as this is not exactly a stretch.
Let me see if I have this straight: Tens of thousands of men on the road alone with thousands of hours each of time un-accounted for. Would not be too much of a reach to suggest that there may be a few serial killers among this lot. But more to the point, these are more likely crimes of opportunity that happen in a similar fashion from a broader group of individuals.
Applying simple probability to such a large and transient group of individuals, will yield at least a few that are a part of a pattern, and more that match a pattern that are random and unrelated.
Also, if one were to commit a murder of a prostitute, why wouldn’t one dispose of the body where it would point to a group that is transient? Easy deflection of suspicion.
It's all politics.
The 55 mph for trucks is absurd.
And isn't really enforced often enough to get truckers to obey it.
Which is a good thing IMO.
Of course the reason they have draconian laws in almost every situation you can imagine is so if they want to, they can arrest every one.
I've traveled across the country 8 times or so this decade, and most states have reasonable speed limits for trucks and there is no problem.
I always hated getting back to California when I was driving trucks, you had to crawl at 55 and could only use the two right lanes.
Yes, truckers are unfairly maligned. I remember a story about how much it costs the state to clean up bottles of "truckers lemonade" tossed on the side of the highways. You have to admit that the trucking profession could be seen as attractive to the isolated anti-social type. However, trucking certainly doesn't have a corner on those people.
Every profession has people that get into it because it creates a way for them to engage in some criminal activity.
“EVERTHING, everyone has, i.e.; cars, food, clothing, just the necessities of life, has been in or on a truck”
Right! I often think of this when I go by our local truck stop at night and see the trucks lined up for the night. It is terrible the way truckers are treated. Not nearly enough places for them to park and rest. Crappy food. Rude and ignorant drivers. And to think the people in the huge cities want to limit trucks in their purified areas. I well remember our 2007 ice storm when trucks couldn’t get here, the shelves were empty in two days! If the truckers ever decide not to roll this country will be stopped dead in just a few days.
You know, there was a time when most truckers were pros and I thought a lot of them. But these days, so many drivers drive like they don’t have a clue there is anyone else on the road. I’m sorry, but if what I see on the road these days is the norm for how truckers drive I suspect they are responsible for a large number of accidents. Please note I did not say all of them, but there are quite a few who are either too tired to be driving or are simply too aggressive or inexperienced or whatever.