I was driving down an aisle and someone was about to pull out. She claims she was pulling out and I didn't stop to let her go. Luckily there was no accident but I'm curious if there had been who would have been at fault?
2007-05-04 11:17:26 · 11 answers · asked by lesterlong11 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Parking lot is a private property. But the police will fault the person pulling out. Because that person should yield to oncoming traffic. Good Luck.
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2007-05-04 11:26:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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Who has the right of way in a parking lot? Driver coming down an aisle or person pulling out of a spot?
I was driving down an aisle and someone was about to pull out. She claims she was pulling out and I didn't stop to let her go. Luckily there was no accident but I'm curious if there had been who would have been at fault?
2015-08-07 18:43:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The driver coming down the aisle has the right of way...similar to a person on a road versus the person pulling out of a side street. If you are being courteous, let the person pull out of the spot. But if this is to proof a fault, the person driving in the aisle has first dibs.
2007-05-04 11:21:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The driver coming down the aisle has right of way. This is similar situation with a car from a driveway yielding to traffic already on the road.
2016-03-18 21:31:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person coming down the aisle has the right of way. However, if you ever go to defensive driving school like most of my employees and I have to do, you will learn that it is safer to back into a parking place and pull out into moving traffic than it is to pull into a parking place and backing out into moving traffic.
We have seen a significant amount of crashes on the job once our employees started doing this.
2007-05-04 17:34:41 · answer #5 · answered by traffic_joker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morally, you have the right-of-way. In practical terms, unless there are hundreds of witnesses to say one driver hunted down, pursued all over the lot, and ran into them, the law and insurance companies tend to assign fault as 50-50, and it isn't worth fighting because you lose. There are some exceptions, such as one driver stealing a car, or an Alzheimer patient ending up with access to a car. Basically, if you have the last chance to avoid a parking lot accident, you take it, whether you are technically in the right or not. It makes life easier.
2007-05-04 13:56:04 · answer #6 · answered by Fred C 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Neither has right of way because it is private property and thus not governed by traffic laws. Police won't cite this, so it is up to the insurance companies to pay - my guess would be that each would pay for their own damages. From a practical point of view, the person backing out would be at fault for not doing it safely.
2007-05-04 22:27:49 · answer #7 · answered by merigold00 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think she has to wait until it's clear to pull out. But these days, realistically, everyone should be driving slow in busy parking lots because it's just too crowded.
2007-05-04 11:21:33 · answer #8 · answered by the Boss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither, by law.
However, the person in the aisle who is already moving has a more responsible position to watch for others and take proper action.
2007-05-04 16:54:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A parking lot is not the same as out on the highway. As far as insurance goes, no one has the right-of-way.
It would depend a lot on the circumstances (speeding, witnesses, etc.).
2007-05-04 11:27:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋