Feedback on overnight parking...
I will be soon taking a trip where it will be necessary for us to stop for the night, only to get a few hours sleep, and then move on to our destination. We will be traveling along an interstate. ...
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beemerphile1 wrote:Absolutely beemerphile1. The LEOS have more important things to do than to start a stopwatch on every vehicle that comes into a rest area and stays longer than 5 minutes. We do the same as you and have never been rousted or questioned. We've also seen the sign thing at Wal Mart parking lots and when we checked with the store manager we were told the postings were to allow them to get rid of the homesteaders. Over nighters were welcome.Mcamper wrote:
...I live in North Carolina, and it is my understanding that you can not stay parked at a rest stop for longer than 2 hours...
I have overnighted many, many times at the welcome center on I77 in NC. Yes there is a sign stating no overnight camping or parking or something like that. I have spent the night right in front of the sign. There has always been many others sleeping both in cars, RVs, and trucks.
My theory is that the ordinance allows them to control the trouble makers but the officers don't care about travelers catching some rest. There are unsavory types that like to hang out and conduct business at rest areas, these are the ones they want to control.
