Sleeping in the Yaris

[Betrivent]

I told my friend I was driving accross canada and somebody told me that it's illegal to sleep in my car. Anybody? Clarification?

[wmgysi]

Originally Posted by Betrivent

I told my friend I was driving accross canada and somebody told me that it's illegal to sleep in my car. Anybody? Clarification?

In 1996/97 we did a road trip from Vancouver, B.C to Miami, Florida. It took us 2 month and the only time we slept in a motel once was when it got really cold. Sometimes we paid for state parks but most of the time we just parked on the side of the road or in a city on a parking lot of a 24 hour store. We got checked once by police in Florida on such a night but due to someone reporting a suspect vehicle, ours. We had to replace the front brake paths on a Dodge van we then used (with 4 children along). I was asked to step out of the car with my hands up and was searched. Once that was done one of the police men wanted to see the inside of the car. I mentioned that we were tired and could not go on driving for the night. He then wished us a nice trip and left. We actually wrote a book about our travels through the US by car and boat called A Family Of Six At Sea wich explains our adventures travelling and eventually ending up in England then France. http://goolymooly.ca/data/publishing/store_werner.html