An old boss used to say they are not a gas station, but a store with a gas pump at your parking spot!
Have one of the biggest ones just over a mile from my house in Katy. I go in there maybe once a month, but probably less. I do stop at the one in Bastrop frequently on our way to/from our retirement place as its about midway and not as busy or ridiculous to get in and out of as some of the other large ones.
As far as trucks not being allowed… they can fill the lots/pumps with cars and pickups, why allow trucks that take up several times the space? Also, how many families will stop at a truck stop? My dad is a retired long haul trucker, so I do understand (& hear about it from him frequently).
