Man, all this talk about rest stops being the epitome of danger!
In over a million miles of highway roadtrips and a few hundred nights sleeping in my car in rest stops around the country I have never had a sketchy encounter in one.
Urban quick marts, a couple of times. Out in the woods a couple of times, and once when the drunk driver who hit me got mad when I was calling the cops, but no rest stops yet.
Until now I was just assuming that I don't get out enough to have the issue. Normally when I pull into a rest stop I'm one of, maybe, 5 vehicles there and then the trucks are off in the truck spaces doing whatever stuff they do. I'm not sure I've ever even seen anything to make me question a rest stop..?
I've never slept in one or anything though. Pull in, do what I came to do, and on my way.