I would have to agree with several of the VERY quick replies I QUICKLY browsed through, didn't read all of them. Don't worry about it.

Last year on my 2600 mile trip the only time I had to deal with the cops I knew it long beforehand. I came down with a case of the stomach flu in the evening. I was 'stealth' camping on the trip and once the stomach flu hit I changed the location of where I was planning on camping out for the night and stuck right in the heart of town. Instead of going for the ballpark on the east side of town and getting away from everyone I wanted to stay around somewhere that was open 24 hours. I set up camp right beside the Sheetz gas station. Literally just feet from side door. Everything was fine until around 4AM when I woke up and heard the side door open. I knew the cops were coming. I had already been planning on getting paid a visit from them even before I set up the tent. About 15 minutes later I saw car headlights. I knew it was the cops. Then I heard them asking for me to come out of the tent. They ended up only having me move about 20 feet away to the car repair shop that was beside the gas station. Otherwise they left me alone.

Now I won't say all is a bucket of roses...check out the article below. It sounds like you better stay out of certain parts of the country or you need to relearn the rules of the road...the local rules of the road, not the federal rules of the road. Some parts of the country seems to hate cyclists even though they also are a host of one of the bigger cycling events each year.

http://303cycling.com/problems-still...iff-department