It could be hindsight and all that, but, why would you go to a rest stop at 2 am? That seems intuitively unsafe. Why not stop at a truck stop or gas station? The only time I have ever been to a rest stop at that time of night is to sleep in my locked truck.
To rest?
In Fla there were a rash of rest stop attacks many yrs ago, so they started putting in an armed patrol and it ended.
About 10 years ago I was working on a Bellsouth project in the Charlotte area. I was filling up my truck at about 11:30PM, just before starting my nights work, and had a guy try to get in the truck with me. He was waving a pistol around thinking I'd be scared, but mine was bigger and he didn't seem to like me pointing it directly at him because he ran away rather quickly......
Having spent 18 years traveling 49 of 50 states of this country I NEVER stop at rest stops. My experience is they are THE best place to get thumped on the head and relieved of your wallet, especially after dark. I certainly would never, ever sleep in one.
Wasn't Michael Jordan's father killed while sleeping on the side of the highway in NC?