{"id":12122,"date":"2018-01-17T02:07:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T07:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=12122"},"modified":"2018-01-17T02:08:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T07:08:45","slug":"at-22-brick-parking-lots-traffic-laws-will-soon-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2018\/01\/at-22-brick-parking-lots-traffic-laws-will-soon-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"At 22 Brick Parking Lots, Traffic Laws Will Soon Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Parking lot accident. (Credit: State Farm Insurance)<\/p><\/div>\n

Parking lots are the source of accidents, road rage outbursts and plenty of discourteous behavior. But soon, Brick police will be able to enforce traffic laws on 22 additional pieces of private property.<\/p>\n

Under state law, a private property owner can request their plot of land to be covered under the state traffic code. It allows police to enforce general traffic regulations as well as signage posted in the lot \u2013 essentially, everything covered under Title 39 of the state code, which is enforced on all public roadways. After a long review process, several new properties were approved for enforcement under an ordinance introduced Tuesday night. Many of the largest, established shopping centers such as Brick Plaza and the Kohl\u2019s plaza, already are covered.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe engineer provided the committee with a list of sites,\u201d said Council President Heather deJong, adding that township officials performed in-person inspections at each site to ensure proper signage and marking were compliant with the law.<\/p>\n

The sites are:<\/p>\n