Overnight parking going places?

PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:


The town, a northeast Dallas suburb, where we had our last S/B home has an ordnance about no overnight parking/ sleeping in a vehicle. Does not say RV, but anything, from your car, to truckers, to RVs. There are signs at Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, even the First Baptist parking lot. Might be one reason why there are no truck stops in that town.

No 'wally docking' places are most often near larger cities, and I've found them in tourist areas. I think, could be wrong, Moab, UT does not allow overnight stops for sleep except in a campground.

Just because there is a sign up, does not always mean it is not allowed.

Sometimes the signs have been put up to discourage folks from "camping out" (like putting out the slides, putting down the levelers, putting out camp chairs, and firing up the huge BBQ and partying like it is tailgating season for days on end) or could be due to being over run by homeless folks hanging around and never going away..

You HAVE to ask. Some folks see the signs and turn around and move on, some folks see the signs and setup anyways.. Myself, I like to ask.. So far, have never been turned down even when there are signs posted..

As far as any place outright "banning", yeah, that can be an issue for folks who make their living over the road like truckers.. Truckers MUST log OFF hrs somewhere, if they are not allowed in a parking lot, they WILL be pulling off the side of the road and PARKING there..

Making for a huge hazard to the driver and other motorists.. AND YES, I HAVE seen this a lot especially on/off ramps on some local Interstate roads near me..

Heck, on one Interstate road there is a "weight station" pull off for portable scales that when the station is closed the gates are LOCKED! Have had to dodge a lot of trucks parked on the sides of the road from the weight station down to the next exit several miles away..