What the blue lines in parking lots mean in the Phoenix, Arizona area
The blue lines in parking lots indicate employee parking. There's more to it than that, but if that's all you wanna know, I can't blame you, and the rest of this post is just for people who want to know the rest of the story, and why it's potentially confusing, especially here in Arizona. I live in Glendale, which is a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, and I spend most of my time there, and in the suburb right next to me, Peoria. And since traffic laws vary by state, I can really only speak for the three where I've lived: Minnesota (where I learned to drive), Arizona (where I live now), and California (where I lived for about ten years). I've always found it strange that traffic laws are, to this day, state laws, because I'm not old enough to have driven back when it must have made sense, in the early 20th Century. Of course, jurisdiction is something that is always held onto very tightly! If you've ever driven in California, you know that there's a color ...