It’s illegal to cut through parking lots
Originally published 01:26 p.m., March 27, 2008
Updated 01:26 p.m., March 27, 2008
Q How can police give tickets to people who drive through Wal-Mart parking lot from Industrial Road to reach West 24th Avenue?
A That particular avoidance of traffic controls (and the accompanying traffic) has been a source of complaints and tickets for the past several weeks.
The reason police have written tickets in that area, and others, is because they have a legal right and responsibility to do it.
“It is unlawful to drive through private property entrances and exits to avoid a traffic control device or take a shortcut from one street to another,” said Officer Larry Clay.
The law, considered a moving violation, applies to driving through parking lots and convenience store, business, or private driveways, he said.
“We have had complaints of vehicles driving through the Wal-Mart parking lot when school lets out, which is what brought this to our attention,” Clay said.
If convicted, the citation carries a $35 fine plus $55 in court costs.
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Posted by usualsuspect (anonymous) on March 29, 2008 at 10:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Since when do the Emporia police write tickets just because something is “against the law”?
Every day on Commercial Street we watch people littering, which is against the law, and no one tickets them.
Every day we see people speed (considerably) on both Commercial and 6th, which is against the law, and no one tickets them.
Every day we watch people make u-turns in the middle of Commercial Street, which is against the law, and no one tickets them.
Everyday we hear people burning rubber on Commercial , which is against the law, and no one tickets them.
Every time it rains we see hundreds of people driving with their wipers on but with their headlights off, which is against the law, and no one tickets them.
All sources of vast amounts of lost revenue for the city and county coffers. But then I guess it’s easier to just raise taxes than to collect real money from scofflaws.
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