Parking accident

[KENA]

Hi. I got with my hummer into the parking lot of a major mall in LA. The clearance of the entrance was high enough, I parked and watched a movie with my kids on the way put I took a different exit, and driving slowly I knocked a clearance steal bar breaking my ski bars on top. Pls advise if it is my fault or the malls fault. If you enter the mall parking and you get clearance at the main gate, you would assume all the parking height would be a safe clearance for the car. correct? i want to know if I should report the accident to the insurance if it is not my fault or not? thanks.

 

[quincy]

Hi. I got with my hummer into the parking lot of a major mall in LA. The clearance of the entrance was high enough, I parked and watched a movie with my kids on the way put I took a different exit, and driving slowly I knocked a clearance steal bar breaking my ski bars on top. Pls advise if it is my fault or the malls fault. If you enter the mall parking and you get clearance at the main gate, you would assume all the parking height would be a safe clearance for the car. correct? i want to know if I should report the accident to the insurance if it is not my fault or not? thanks.

Did the clearance bars each give a height for clearance?

 

[FlyingRon]

It's up to you to make sure you don't hit things.

 

[quincy]

Assuming this is "LA" as in Los Angeles, California, and not "LA" as in Louisiana or "LA" as in Latin America, here is a link to the City of Los Angeles Parking Design requirements, which include clearance requirements:
https://www.ladbs.org/docs/default-source/publications/information-bulletins/zoning-code/parking-lot-design-ib-p-zc2002-001.pdf?sfvrsn=21

 

[HighwayMan]

Getting a hummer in a parking lot can be interpreted in different ways as well.

 

[quincy]

Getting a hummer in a parking lot can be interpreted in different ways as well.

Only to you, HWM.

 

[Just Blue]

Getting a hummer in a parking lot can be interpreted in different ways as well.

I thought the same thing but refrained from posting it. You're a naughty boy HWM.

 

[quincy]

I thought the same thing but refrained from posting it. You're a naughty boy HWM.

Revised post: Only to you, HWM, and Blue.

 

[Just Blue]

Only to you, HWM.

No...Not just him. Admit it...you laughed a bit when you first read the thread, didn't ya?

 

[quincy]

No...Not just him. Admit it...you laughed a bit when you first read the thread, didn't ya?

Naw. Not me. I have a pure mind.

 

[Just Blue]

Naw. Not me. I have a pure mind.

Sure you do....

 

[HighwayMan]

I'm a goody-two-shoes but I've seen enough crazy things that people do in their cars over the years that this popped into my head effortlessly.

 

[quincy]

KENA was with his/her children to see a movie. I know New Yorkers do crazy things but ...

 

[adjusterjack]

Well, with the kids pre-occupied....

 

[not2cleverRed]

KENA was with his/her children to see a movie. I know New Yorkers do crazy things but ...

Having lived in Los Angeles and Long Island...

...LA has its own special crazy.