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FRPLG · 10-15-2009, 11:21 AM

No. Not by technical law. The more general laws of yielding to oncoming traffic and driving safely would apply but only if the actions continued onto the public road. Within a private parking lot though no particular traffic laws can be enforced like they can on public roadways as I understand it.

I had an accident once in a parking lot that was entirely my fault. I didn't get a ticket because it was a private lot. The cop even said when he got to the scene that he couldn't write a ticket. He just handled the situation as a mediator type and made note of the descriptions of the accident for insurance purposes.

10-15-2009, 11:21 AM	#2
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 46 Posts: 10,164	Re: Traffic Law Question No. Not by technical law. The more general laws of yielding to oncoming traffic and driving safely would apply but only if the actions continued onto the public road. Within a private parking lot though no particular traffic laws can be enforced like they can on public roadways as I understand it. I had an accident once in a parking lot that was entirely my fault. I didn't get a ticket because it was a private lot. The cop even said when he got to the scene that he couldn't write a ticket. He just handled the situation as a mediator type and made note of the descriptions of the accident for insurance purposes.