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Truck driver Gord Baird has had to significantly adjust his morning routine at Challenger Motor Freight Inc. eversince North America went into shutdown mode two weeks ago.

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“I now have a coffee pot in my truck. Cream. Sugar. I’ll pull over and make myself a cup of coffee. They’re closing truck stops now. If I park my truck and walk up to a Tim Hortons or any drive-thru, they won’t serve me,” Baird said over the phone from a truck stop in the middle of Pennsylvania.

Truck stops are almost an indispensable feature of a trucker’s life: thousands of drivers rely on them to shower, sleep and eat between shifts that can sometimes last up to 14 hours.

But as part of strict social distancing measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, many truck stops have shut down or reduced their hours. Rest stops on major highways have also closed their sit-down restaurants, leaving open only their drive-thru options, which trucks are often much too large to use.