# Shopping centre stop signs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-centre-stop-signs/69561>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 21, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-centre-stop-signs/69561 "2001-06-21T04:41:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Arken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arken)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-centre-stop-signs/69561/1 "2001-06-21T04:41:48Z")

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If I run a stop sign in a shopping centre parking lot, am I breaking the law? It’s not a public road, after all. Do traffic laws still count on private property? If so, how do they excuse race cars?

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**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-centre-stop-signs/69561/2 "2001-06-21T04:51:25Z")

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Search, my friend. Search.

We done this already.

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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-centre-stop-signs/69561/3 "2001-06-21T05:55:58Z")

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It depends on the location.

Here in Wisconsin the State Supreme Court ruled that if a privately owned area…i.e. a mall parking lot…is open to the general public, then traffic laws can be enforced.