As toilet paper and hand sanitiser continue to fly off the supermarket shelves, another call for calm has been issued — this time from truck drivers.

Truckies have become the unsung heroes of the coronavirus pandemic, working under extra pressure to deliver products to grocery stores and supermarkets.

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Road safety advocate and truck driver Rod Hannifey said it was hard for the industry to keep up with the demand panic buying had created.

"This is not just a peak — this is a Mount Everest-style of event," Mr Hannifey said.

"What happens when everybody suddenly has everything hoarded at home and doesn't need any more, and we have employed all these extra truck drivers?"

Another truck driver advocate Michael Williams wants people to be assured drivers will catch up with increased demand.

"Keep calm and don't panic, we have got it under control," Mr Williams said.

Mr Hannifey said he felt that truck drivers were not always recognised for the essential work they did.

He said working conditions were not easy and car drivers still didn't understand how to behave safely around trucks.

He wants people to be more mindful of the vehicles on the road.

"I would love to see people just recognise that we are delivering goods and we want to get home safely and we want them to get home safely," he said.

Drivers have also called for improved toilets and decent lunch spots.

Rest stops are 'dodgy' and in short supply

Long-distance driver Michael Williams can travel up to 6,000 kilometres a week from his Tahmoor home, south of Sydney, delivering goods.

He said many rest-stops were not up to scratch.

"We rely on the facilities that are in the roadside houses or roadside rest areas," Mr Williams said.

"There aren't a heck of a lot of trucks in Australia that have toilets or showers or anything in them."

He said he had few options for toilet stops because of limited places where he could stop in his tanker — making for an uncomfortable drive when nature called on a long haul.

"My choice then is to head into the bush or something," he said.

Mike Williams says man roadside facilities aren't up to scratch. ( Supplied: Mike Williams )

He said some rest-stop amenities were already sub-standard and the coronavirus pandemic had exacerbated the issue in some places.

"We are up against facilities where people are either going nuts and cleaning them after everyone uses them, or facilities that have closed down, or facilities that are unattended," Mr Williams said.