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originally posted by: lavatrance
I'm kinda debating maybe spending my summers RV-ing.
I just feel like I want to get out and see as much as I can while I can. Plus it's very cost effective in terms of not having to pay rent. The only thing I'm wondering is would it be better to get a cargo van and convert it into a camper van, or get a truck and a camper? They both seem to have there pro's and con's. But I think a Van would probably attract a lot less attention, you could park it longer in places most likely.
What are you're thoughts?
Wow, sounds oppressive in the US.
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: lavatrance
You won't be able to park and hide. Wherever you go, there is a police cruiser all night patrolling, every street and alley. Since most towns have ordnances about sleeping within the city limits you are pretty much relegated to trailer parks or camping spots.
I thought it was supposed to be the land of the free?
You can live in any national forest for up to 14 days without being bothered, then you need to move to a different site.
I would recommend setting up a tent and using a van to get to town and back. Then after 14 days, move on to a different national forest.
Last time I slept in a van cops did knock on the window but just as a 'welfare check' to see we were all good. I was with a girlfriend at the time and all they wanted to know was that she was okay, not kidnapped by me or anything.
When they were happy I wasn't a psycho killer they smiled and left us to it.
Yep, no laws against sleeping in vehicles in the UK at all, on any public streets, so long as the vehicle is legally on the road.
originally posted by: darkbake
a reply to: grainofsand
Intrptr is correct, there are ordinances to keep people from sleeping in their cars on the roads in the states. I had no idea you could do that in the U.K.
Yep, no laws against sleeping in vehicles in the UK at all, on any public streets, so long as the vehicle is legally on the road.
originally posted by: grainofsand
I thought it was supposed to be the land of the free?
Haha behave! There are no calls for such legislation at all. May I ask why you think the Paris shootings will influence laws governing citizens sleeping in vehicles?
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: grainofsand
Yep, no laws against sleeping in vehicles in the UK at all, on any public streets, so long as the vehicle is legally on the road.
That may be changing… Paris and terror and security state and all…
So are there laws officially preventing US citizens from sleeping in vehicles on public streets, or not?
originally posted by: schuyler
You're responding to a single post by one person who is vastly overstating the case.