Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash🎧 Can a Cop Ticket You in a Parking Lot? It came back as “driver’s license suspended”. When I came out to the parking lot and started driving he stopped me and ticketed me for driving on a suspended license. An officer who witnesses a traffic violation can follow up in a parking lot, or even in a fast-food chain restaurant. Driving in a parking lot is still driving suspended.