A parking lot is a place for vehicles to park. There are simple parking lots with only painted parking spaces and no one to manage the charges, and there are also paid parking lots equipped with entrance and exit gates, parking managers and time cashiers. Modern parking lots usually have automatic timing and charging systems, closed-circuit television and video recorder systems.

The legal responsibility of parking lot owners and managers is usually only to provide a parking place for drivers, but not to protect the responsibility of vehicle damage and loss. Under normal circumstances, the contract exemption clause will be posted outside the parking lot gate for the owner's reference.

Classification of parking lots

On-road temporary parking lot refers to a temporary site that is approved to occupy part of urban roads within a specified period of time and allows a large number of vehicles to be parked to meet the needs of large-scale activities (processions, assemblies, etc.). ).

A place specially designed for vehicles to transfer to other vehicles after parking is called traffic parking lot (also known as traffic hub square). Generally, it is located near stations (railway stations, rail transit stations, bus hubs), wharves, airports and other vehicle distribution points, such as the transfer center of parking lots in the south and north squares of Shanghai Railway Station, the parking lot of Caoxi Road bus hub, long-distance passenger bus stations and local bus hubs.

Parking lots specially provided for various cultural and sports activities, cultural entertainment and hospitals are called cultural and sports parking lots. Generally located in large stadiums, theaters, hospitals, venues, exhibition venues and tourist attractions.

Parking lots specially provided for commercial activities, shopping and leisure are called commercial parking lots. Generally set in shops, supermarkets, hotels and other nearby, such as Ganghui Square and Meilong Town Square.