No Overnight Parking at Interstate Rest Areas
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...
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In the past several years, truck drivers have had to comply with stricter regulations with regard to hours driving, working, miles traveled, etc. To a great extent, the old cheating days of Spokane to Chicago in two days (in a semi), are long gone. Therefore, more semi's are using rest stops and pull outs to comply. There aren't enough pull outs to accommodate all the truck traffic now, and in fact, I bet there are more trucks on the road then actual parking spaces if they all pulled over at the same time.
As far as the Trooper that supposedly moved all truck out of a rest area--he was wrong sending folks packing that might be a safety risk, or he just realized his wife was ugly and had to "power up."
To the person that wrote that trucks need to be in truck stops and not in rest areas--There is some truth to that, however, truck stops are private businesses and if you're not buying their products, you're using space. Also, there was a 700 parking spot truck stop in Bordentown, NJ. that would fill up before sundown with scant options left. Where, oh where to park???????
The problem is greatest on the East coast, where two thirds of the population lives and infrastructure is old. I think God realized his mistake with the Eastern half of the nation, and made it right out here in the West!
As far as the Trooper that supposedly moved all truck out of a rest area--he was wrong sending folks packing that might be a safety risk, or he just realized his wife was ugly and had to "power up."
To the person that wrote that trucks need to be in truck stops and not in rest areas--There is some truth to that, however, truck stops are private businesses and if you're not buying their products, you're using space. Also, there was a 700 parking spot truck stop in Bordentown, NJ. that would fill up before sundown with scant options left. Where, oh where to park???????
The problem is greatest on the East coast, where two thirds of the population lives and infrastructure is old. I think God realized his mistake with the Eastern half of the nation, and made it right out here in the West!
