Interstate rest area stops
Is it legal to camp overnight at a rest area connected to an interstate? Most likely in Kentucky along I 75.
lane hog wrote:hornet28 wrote:
Not very thoughtful taking up 2 spaces in a rest area
Who said anything about taking up two spaces?
The average width of a truck parking spot in a rest area is 12-15 ft wide, which is far more than my trailer is with a slide out.
hornet28 wrote:
Not very thoughtful taking up 2 spaces in a rest area
lane hog wrote:
We've got a traffic cone that gets set out at the back of the trailer when ours is out.
rlw999 wrote:JaxDad wrote:
No, not really, or at least not in my case.
I’m currently based out of the Toronto area but travel at least once a month in one of my M/H’s for sort of business (paid hobby / passion truth be known) and so for probably half the year I’m travelling several days before I get to an area where there are C/G’s open even IF I wanted to stay there.
I say “if” because I couldn’t bring myself to bother a bunch of people on vacation and trying to enjoy themselves and relax pulling in at near midnight and pulling back out at zero-dark-thirty in the morning. I also don’t see much reason to pay for a bunch of amenities or services I’ll never use.
OP, I just spent a night at the Sudbury Rest Area just east of Nairn Center on my home from the Soo last week and did so because Jeremy’s was jammed full of trucks.
Do you not see the contradiction in your statements? You said that truck drivers (who usually have little control over when/where they are routed, and have legal requirements for when they need to take breaks) should have no need to sleep in a rest area, but because of when you drive for your hobby, you have no choice but to stop at a rest area since the truck stop was already \"jammed full of trucks\".
Durb wrote:
I volunteered to work the free coffee kiosk at a rest stop on Interstate 5 in Washington state. There is a whole community of people that live in their cars and spend every night in the rest stops. They are known by the authorities and by each other. I believe the law is six hours per stay. If chased out, they move to the rest stop on the other side of the freeway. Usually, they are left alone.
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The rest areas are useful for people who need to take a break from the highway. However, in recent months, there have been numerous issues with some visitors who are not using the facilities for their intended purpose. This includes those who extend their stay beyond the posted limits, illegal disposal of trash and waste, vandalizing the buildings, verbally abusing and even threatening WSDOT employees.
