"McGyver" > wrote in message
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> "Alex" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> > One of my biggest pet peeves is people who cut across the parking lot
> > instead of following the marked lines... and I was curious if one
> > person is following the painted marks correctly and some bozo decides
> > to race across the parking lot or cut between cars instead of going the
> > proper way, and they collide, who's at fault?
> >
> > What prompted this question is my wife was driving in the local mall
> > parking lot and some such bozo came very close to hitting her while
> > driving through open parking slots instead of following the painted
> > lines. If she had been hit, are there laws that would've been in her
> > favor since she was driving properly and the bozo wasn't? Are parking
> > lot rules assumed or is there more legally to it? I guess not unlike a
> > Stop sign in a parking lot, if someone runs it is this breaking the law
> > if the Stop sign was placed there by the Mall and not the city or
> > state's DoT?
>
> In some jurisdictions, the property owner can, by means of posting signs,
> opt to have private property treated like public streets as far as traffic
> laws are concerned. That's why people can get citations for running stop
> signs at some malls.
>
> I guess that the painted parking spaces and lanes created rights of way,
but
> I'm just guessing.
>
> This answer must not be relied on as legal advice for the reasons posted
> he http://mcgyverdisclaimer.blogspot.com
>
> McGyver
>
>

In Oklahoma, a private parking lot is a public highway.



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