Health / Transport

Coronavirus: Lockdown leaves truckies with nowhere to go to the bathroom

06:50 am on 27 March 2020

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The lockdown is creating an unfortunate predicament for the country's truck drivers, they're struggling to find places to use the toilet.

Bakeries and cafes are closed while service stations are only opening their night pay windows, so truckies are having to drive long distances before they can relive themselves.

RNZ reporter Phil Pennington spoke to driver Craig McCauley from Sollys Freight in Golden Bay.