A parking lot tells you where you can and cannot park. However, there is so much more meaning to a parking lot, which is something I haven't really thought about before. Grass or curbs signify where you cannot keep driving. The vertical white lines tell us that it is inappropriate to park your car horizontally, even if there are many spaces available. The white lines also indicate where you shouldn't drive, while the blank asphalt is acceptable to drive on, and it almost guides you. Have you ever noticed that typically people don't just drive through all the empty parking spaces in a lot? And if they do, does it make you feel uneasy or strange? It makes me feel that way, which I think is interesting. It's just paint, but it signifies a lot more. Additionally, I think it's interesting that although there aren't always visual reminders, people in a parking lot know that left turn yields and people turning right keep right. They're the laws on roads, but parking lots aren't roads. Yet people still abide by these same social norms (at least in the United States). When you take a better look at a parking lot, you can see so much more than just where you're allowed to park.
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