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outbackmac · 12-03-2019, 10:17 AM

As a rv owner, when we are traveling are we permitted to rest in weigh scales, or areas marked for trucks only. not rest areas

D Gardiner · 12-03-2019, 10:42 AM

We have use truck brake check areas to stop and go, but never to stop and rest unless the lot is big and empty. Would never use it to take a nap, u less it was an emergency.
As for weigh stations, I do not believe we would be very welcome by Law Enforcement. Others can reply.

MRUSA14 · 12-03-2019, 10:50 AM

Good question. I have seen rest areas marked "Truckers Only". Since we are 65 feet long we can't fit in car parking areas, so are we allowed to use these "Trucker Only" facilities?

twogypsies · 12-03-2019, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by outbackmac

As a rv owner, when we are traveling are we permitted to rest in weigh scales, or areas marked for trucks only. not rest areas

No you can't.

Pull into the next small town and find a parking lot for your nap.

Old-Biscuit · 12-03-2019, 11:40 AM

Weigh Stations are for 'COMMERCIAL' Vehicles during business hours.

If weigh station is closed pulling around to 'parking area' would probably be OK
MIGHT get a knock on door from Law Enforcement to check on you etc.....MIGHT

Also when closed many times the Scale Readout can be read thru window so you can get a 'weighing' by pulling onto scales

rk911 · 12-03-2019, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by D Gardiner

We have use truck brake check areas to stop and go, but never to stop and rest unless the lot is big and empty. Would never use it to take a nap, u less it was an emergency.
As for weigh stations, I do not believe we would be very welcome by Law Enforcement. Others can reply.

i’ve seen trucks and RVs in *closed* weigh stations. of course i have no idea if they had or needed permission or if they were chased out later on. but i can’t imagine any LEO insisting that you saddle up and vamoose if you’re too tired to drive.

Mojim · 12-04-2019, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by MRUSA14

Good question. I have seen rest areas marked "Truckers Only". Since we are 65 feet long we can't fit in car parking areas, so are we allowed to use these "Trucker Only" facilities?

are you a "trucker" ?

rk911 · 12-04-2019, 10:33 AM

my take is this. truckers are on the road by necessity..they're trying to make a living. and if the reports are true there is a critical shortage of short-term/overnight truck parking spots. it's one thing for RV's to be mixed in with the OTR trucks at a highway rest stop (i do like what FL has done on some of the I-75 rest stops...3 parking areas...cars, RVs and trucks). it's quite another to take a spot from a tired trucker at a 'trucker's only' rest stop and, IMO, that includes the truck parking area at a truck stop (we always park in the front lot at Flying J). RVers have other options for short-term parking (rest, lunch, etc.). be considerate and leave the 'truckers only' spots for truckers.

Dom · 12-04-2019, 11:02 AM

Most of the rest areas I've seen say trucks and RV's one way and cars the other

dix39 · 12-04-2019, 12:08 PM

I've always avoided scales and the like, but can't recall seeing "truckers only" marked in rest areas. Don't they usually say cars (with directional arrow) and trucks and vehicles with trailers (directional arrow)? My interpretation of the latter is "longer vehicles" and that would include campers. That's where I've always gone for naps, or as others have suggested, RV areas at Flying J or, Walmart, other truck stops, Cabela's, etc. There are many places to "nap". On occasion we've even pulled off at a rural exit that was large enough with a straight shot back on the interstate to nap.

Steve

Cousin Ed · 12-04-2019, 12:28 PM

If you can't safely drive anymore, no one is going to arrest you for stopping.

rk911 · 12-04-2019, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dom

Most of the rest areas I've seen say trucks and RV's one way and cars the other

there are areas that are marked "truckers only". they're usually not developed rest areas...usually just a wide area off the road.

Wrktfsh · 12-04-2019, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dom

Most of the rest areas I've seen say trucks and RV's one way and cars the other

^ this

MRUSA14 · 12-04-2019, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by rk911

there are areas that are marked "truckers only". they're usually not developed rest areas...usually just a wide area off the road.

The one's I am referring to were in the Carolinas. They are big like the truck and RV side of a standard rest area but with few if any services. I understand not taking a space from a trucker in need, but when I passed them they were empty. All I needed were 3 minutes to pull over and use the head.