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CaptainYooh · 12-17-2013, 02:55 PM

Maybe I am losing it, but it seems to me that a lot of drivers these days totally forgot how to drive in a parking lot. Parking lot traffic most of the time falls under uncontrolled intersection rule, which says that the vehicle on the right has the right-of-way. Has anything changed since I've taken my D/L test (admittedly many moons ago)? Today I stopped a lady who gave me a mad look and asked her if she new about it? She said unequivocally that the vehicle in a driving isle (me) has to yield to a vehicle in the "parking road" (her). Her argument was: "And that's how I've been driving all my life!". Another person at work told me that he always uses a four-way stop rule when driving in a parking lot and never a right hand rule.

I actually had to deal with an insurance claim filed against one of our fleet vehicles, which was hit by a car backing out of a stall. The insurance adjuster told us that in parking accidents the fault is usually with the vehicle on the left as they should yield to the vehicle on the right, even if there is a STOP sign installed by the property owner! Exceptions are made when both vehicles back out at the same time, in which cases the fault and damages are split 50-50.

I know we have some police officers and insurance people here. Where's the truth here?

12-17-2013, 02:55 PM	#1
CaptainYooh Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Calgary Exp:	Parking Traffic Maybe I am losing it, but it seems to me that a lot of drivers these days totally forgot how to drive in a parking lot. Parking lot traffic most of the time falls under uncontrolled intersection rule, which says that the vehicle on the right has the right-of-way. Has anything changed since I've taken my D/L test (admittedly many moons ago)? Today I stopped a lady who gave me a mad look and asked her if she new about it? She said unequivocally that the vehicle in a driving isle (me) has to yield to a vehicle in the "parking road" (her). Her argument was: "And that's how I've been driving all my life!". Another person at work told me that he always uses a four-way stop rule when driving in a parking lot and never a right hand rule. I actually had to deal with an insurance claim filed against one of our fleet vehicles, which was hit by a car backing out of a stall. The insurance adjuster told us that in parking accidents the fault is usually with the vehicle on the left as they should yield to the vehicle on the right, even if there is a STOP sign installed by the property owner! Exceptions are made when both vehicles back out at the same time, in which cases the fault and damages are split 50-50. I know we have some police officers and insurance people here. Where's the truth here?