What is Parking lot?
[[File:Car park -8.jpg|thumb|alt=|A car park viewed from above]] A '''parking lot''' (or '''car park''') is an area where [[automobile|car]]s and other vehicles are parked and left temporarily. Parking lots are usually [[:wikt:flat|flat]]. The surface is usually made of [[asphalt]], [[concrete]], or [[gravel]]. Some lots may be bare earth. The paving material in a parking lot can heat quickly in the sun. A parked car can get hot, too. Children, older people, and [[pet]]s such as dogs and cats should not be left in a parked car. They can die in a hot car. [[Line]]s are put on paved lots to create the outlines of parking spaces. People leave their cars in these spaces while they go [[shopping]], go to work, or do errands. Some spaces are set aside for disabled drivers or disabled passengers. These spaces are clearly marked. A disabled driver needs a special badge or insignia issued by the government to use these spaces. Disabled spaces are usually close to the front of a lot. Drivers who are not disabled can be fined or their cars towed if they use these spaces. [[File:Parking Lot 1 2013-05-11.jpg|thumb|left|Parking lot in California, 2013]] Parking lots are usually near [[business]]es, [[hospital]]s, government buildings, [[school]]s, [[hotel]]s, [[zoo]]s, etc. If many people go to these places, then the parking lots will be large. If not too many people go to these places, then the parking lots will be small. Small lots are usually unsupervised. Large lots are usually supervised by an attendant stationed in a small booth at the lot's entrance. He may issue a pass to a vehicle's driver that is stamped with the vehicle's arrival time. He will collect a fee from the driver when the vehicle leaves the lot. Some hotels provide free parking and those parking lots are big enough with lot of entrance. At a rural event such as a county fair, concert, auction, barn sale, corn maze, or pick-your-own strawberry patch, a parking lot may be nothing more than a large area of bare earth or a meadow that has been mowed fo