Overnight stops and Rest Areas
Hi all, We have a trip planned from Michigan to Florida to stay a week at Fort Wilderness. To maximize our time, I think we will probably stay overnight at a Rest Area on the way down. I have a fe...
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1. Safe: pretty safe, yes. Truckers do it all the time. Allowed: varies by state. You'll have to check. The rules may be different for truckers, presumably under the notion that they know the rules about dumping waste water (don't do that) and the like.
2. If you don't interfere with the space next to you, then yes. If you interfere with the space next to you, likely no. Many rest areas fill up with trucks at night. It would make it obvious you're over-nighting.
3. No. Should you use enough power to drain the battery, you wouldn't want to not be able to start the car in the morning. That said, unless you run the furnace or watch TV all night, you're not likely to use that much power.
4. Yes. Put something under them (board, orange plastic jack pads, something like that) so that you don't damage the blacktop. That's just politeness.
2. If you don't interfere with the space next to you, then yes. If you interfere with the space next to you, likely no. Many rest areas fill up with trucks at night. It would make it obvious you're over-nighting.
3. No. Should you use enough power to drain the battery, you wouldn't want to not be able to start the car in the morning. That said, unless you run the furnace or watch TV all night, you're not likely to use that much power.
4. Yes. Put something under them (board, orange plastic jack pads, something like that) so that you don't damage the blacktop. That's just politeness.
