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Originally Posted by Fordward
you need to be legal anywhere that has public access
to be 'private' usually means there has to be a gate to stop other people getting in
so tescos car park is no better than on the road
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Yep. The RTA regards anywhere with unrestricted public access as 'public', that includes parks, footpaths, bridleways, even your own driveway if it's used by the public (for example the postie) to reach your property.
So, Tesco's car park is a public place even though it's privately owned. But the tarmac around our office isn't because there's a security guard who controls access and (in theory) we need to display a sticker in our cars to enter. If you know someone who works on a site like that it might be an option to meet the owner there and take it for a spin round the car park.