MikeFromMesa
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We don't overnight in rest stops. They are too noisy for us to get a decent night's sleep and there are too many alternatives for us - BLM land, casinos, and state and commercial RV parks.
However, having said that, the argument that truckers need the rest areas more than RVers also implies that they have that need as much during the day as at night and therefore RVers should not be stopping in those long truck/RV slots at rest stops at any time, day or night, and I do not agree with that argument.
Rest stops are for all drivers. All pay the taxes that help to build those rest stops, either through fuel taxes or general income taxes, federal and state, so all should have access to rest stops. You are not supposed to park your RV with the cars, so there is no other place than the Truck/RV slots, and we stop during the day and, yes, take up a truck space. We don't stay long - perhaps we stop to eat lunch, or for me to check that everything in the RV is OK, or perhaps to use the wifi connection if our phones do not have access to data - but we do stop and I don't see anything wrong with that.
However, having said that, the argument that truckers need the rest areas more than RVers also implies that they have that need as much during the day as at night and therefore RVers should not be stopping in those long truck/RV slots at rest stops at any time, day or night, and I do not agree with that argument.
Rest stops are for all drivers. All pay the taxes that help to build those rest stops, either through fuel taxes or general income taxes, federal and state, so all should have access to rest stops. You are not supposed to park your RV with the cars, so there is no other place than the Truck/RV slots, and we stop during the day and, yes, take up a truck space. We don't stay long - perhaps we stop to eat lunch, or for me to check that everything in the RV is OK, or perhaps to use the wifi connection if our phones do not have access to data - but we do stop and I don't see anything wrong with that.