No Overnight Parking at Interstate Rest Areas

Honeybee8888 wrote:
I know a number of states do not allow overnight parking at the state-run rest areas along the interstates. Has anyone been asked to leave one of these locations during the night? We've stayed in them a number of times, and we've never had anyone ask us to move. But maybe we've just been lucky? How about you?

I’ve been sleeping, usually from about 11pm to 6am, in rest areas all over North America for decades. I’ve neither been asked to leave, nor had any issues at all. In fact, on many occasions I’ve been asked by the security folks to park in a certain areas where it’s easier for them to keep an eye on me.

I’ve been told many, many times the “no overnight parking” signs are nothing but a tool to toss undesirables or those that try to abuse the privilege.

The same is true of a lot of private facilities too. I frequently Wally-dock while visiting relatives who live just a few steps away. When the recession hit the city passed a citywide ‘no overnight parking’ ordinance, there was a LEO in the lot when I arrived and quickly approached me. I thought I was going to get tossed, instead he directed me to certain part of the lot that was more discrete and told me he’d note it in the night shifts notes and each patrol car would swing by to make sure I was ok.