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There are an estimated 1.3 million long-haul trucks in the US, all of which require drivers to take a federally required 10 hours rest for every 11 hours driving. During these off-periods, the average truck loses a whopping one gallon of fuel per hour while the driver sleeps and the engine idles....leave them running...seriously are you, a truck driver, going to open that can?

Hmm let's see what truckers do to save money on fuel.....The mystery of diesel fuel disappearing from trucks in Seguin appeared solved this week when a San Antonio man with a specially rigged pickup was arrested on theft charges, police said.

Yan Gomez, 30, was caught Wednesday as he pumped fuel from a truck, said Lt. J. San Miguel of the Seguin Police.

?He had a Ford pickup with a spare tank in the back, and long hose he?d put into the tanks of the semis. He also had an electric pump,? San Miguel said.

Gomez was charged with theft and later released on $1,000 bond. His truck was impounded.

Police said he was spotted by a driver at Jud?s Truck Stop, and a nearby Seguin motorcycle officer was called to the scene.

?He caught him in the act. He didn?t even get out of the parking lot, and the hose was still dripping diesel,? said San Miguel, who continues to receive complaints from truckers who lost fuel.

?I don?t know what this guy has been doing in San Antonio. This guy is an independent trucker himself. I don?t know if he was supplying his own truck or selling it,? he said.

It had not been determined if Mr Gomez was a member of OOIDA, the organization founded to support independent truckers.

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