Parking spaces

Allotting a delineated space for each vehicle. Wherever there exist rectangular lined forms on the ground, whether they are solid white lines, or broken white lines as above, they are deemed by society as places to park vehicles. Where these spaces are also seen on the side of roads, this is also the case. Each vehicle is parked in one designated area, and generally parked very centrally within that space. This instructs society that the space outside of their box is not for them to infringe on with their vehicle; in the photo above it can be clearly seen that motorists cannot, or should not, use the tarmac area outside of the lighter coloured area, which has obviously been designated for parking, whereas the outer area has not. Seldom does a driver just place a car in a parking space, but more often are they very careful to ensure that they centrally line the vehicle up, by reversing and pulling in again if necessary, in order to leave adequate space for the next vehicle. However, there is no-one to oversee this process, and it is one of society's unwritten rules of conduct and behaviour that motorists automatically comply with. In this instance it is the supermarket, in which the car park is found, that is enforcing its authority on its customers, and ensuring that they act in a polite and social manner to each other even before they enter the store; this indicates that a degree of structured behaviour is expected from the potential customers even before they enter the store in order to make any transactions.