Are they handing out disability parking plaques for xmas???

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Originally Posted by Sprint

Actually UncleHo, the police have every authority to book people for parking in a disabled spot in shopping centre car parks, officially theyre classified (IIRC) as road related areas, and the police can and do book people for traffic offences in car parks

the catch is, you've gotta find a copper who is actually interested in something that "trivial".... usually they only bother with people in carpaks if its something truly heinous

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thats not the case here in the west , most shopping centers do deals with the local councils, one center "city west" employs wheel clampers

Areas such as service stations, shopping centres, etc that are open to public access have the same legal standing as gazetted roads and the traffic laws apply. Ask anyone who was ****ed and having a quiet sleep-it-off in a servo or parking lot and was unceremoniously hauled out of their car by a couple of bun-faced coppers and arrested for being drunk in charge.

To maintain "private road" or "private property" status there has to be appropriate signage stating that this is not a public road and access is permitted only for the purposes of doing business with persons or organisations on the property, and, the property has to be closed off by gates, chains, or other means from time to time. In Qld, New Year's Day was the traditional time for closing off private roads for 24 hours to maintain private status.

Off thread but in nsw we have the Inclosed lands act it only requires an "obvious" boundary not signs gates and gutters are ok and the councils often take over carparks for $1. per year rent that way rangers and police can act in the carpark councils love the extra cash:D

I still look at each car park for the permits. Growing up we would check each car if they were all full. Mum would then park across those that did not display the sticker.
But back then NSW would only recognise NSW permits.