More Obnoxious parking - ***READ FIRST POST BEFORE POSTING***

bladebrew

Tragedy wrote: »

I've seen caravans being delivered on the back of flatbeds down the country and in the UK, and every time they've had a van in front and behind with warning lights and signs.

The above is horrifically reckless.

yeah the regulations are bloody complicated to read, a load is only allowed a tiny overhang anything more and it would be classed as an abnormal load and require escorts, im not sure of the distance but that is taking the piss,
should have been taken off the road

edit: 2.6 metres appears to be the max width:eek:

Treehouse72

I'd have called the cops if I was driving behind that.

alexmcred

Treehouse72 wrote: »

I'd have called the cops if I was driving behind that.

The poster did they just didn't bother coming out

dgt

-Chris- wrote: »

Rubbish picture alright, must try harder (or drive slower) :D.

Same car, even worse parking. This time I stopped and took a rubbish picture anyway

Iwannahurl

Emergency stop? It was a very hot day...

Turner

Lads do any of ye posting pictures of Garda vehicles know what the Gardai do in their shifts and why they are required to park close to their stations or shopping centers or wherever the hell they are.

They are emergency responders where seconds can make a big difference, hence why they are exempt from parking regulations.

Also they need to park their cars (that you, me and they have paid for) in very public places in full view of themselves or the general public.

Any decent "scumbag" would have no hesitation in slashing a Garda vehicles's tyres, keying the car, putting the windows in.....

or at worst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvEyWxZM_OM

if left unattended in a car park or back street.


For the record I agree that parking on a kerb where there is no room to fit past a wheelchair or pram is unacceptable.

If you see Gardai doing this dont be afraid to point it out to them, they are human and might not think of it when preoccupied with other important tasks.

wmpdd3

I agree with some of this. But there are yellow lines in front of shopping center entrances for a reason. I often see kids trying to cross the road, peering out from behind cop vans.

Worse still because you have cars overtaking the van.

Turner

At least they are peering out and checking the road, it would be worse if they just ran out.

Its up to parents to educate their kids about road safety to cope with all conditions.

Drive down Patrick Street in Cork or O Connell Street in Limerick though and you will see hundreds of adults no able to cross the road safely.

Iwannahurl

You make some reasonable points there, but very often the emergency response angle just doesn't tally. I could post several examples to illustrate but that would just bore the pants off people and possibly derail the thread.

FWIW, my personal opinion is that where a Garda vehicle must be parked in a manner that would be illegal or inappropriate for the general public, then the first priority should be to maintain the safety and convenience of vulnerable road users (eg pedestrians, children, disabled people, senior citizens).

Regarding the general operation of Garda vehicles in non-emergency situations, guidelines have been issued by the Garda Inspectorate.

Turner

Agreed.

Trust me, we would all love to see Katherine O Toole appointed Minister for Justice.

She would clean this country up.

MagicMarker

Not a great pic, if you can see the person is parked on a ramp that I assume is there for wheel chair access/wheeling in heavy loads. There's about 50 other empty parking spaces around! :rolleyes:

This person parked there yesterday also but I put it down to it being dark and them not noticing... obviously not.

Tallon

Chief--- wrote: »

Lads do any of ye posting pictures of Garda vehicles know what the Gardai do in their shifts and why they are required to park close to their stations or shopping centers or wherever the hell they are.

They are emergency responders where seconds can make a big difference, hence why they are exempt from parking regulations.

Are they allowed finish their icecream before jumping put of the van? :rolleyes:

Gimme a break, I know what your saying, but the lads in the above picture are clearly just taking the piss

E39MSport

Tallon wrote: »

Are they allowed finish their icecream before jumping put of the van? :rolleyes:

Gimme a break, I know what your saying, but the lads in the above picture are clearly just taking the piss

To be fair, they're making sure that kkk guy in the background doesn't get up to any shinannigans.

Wolverine_1999

Chief--- wrote: »

or at worst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvEyWxZM_OM

if left unattended in a car park or back street.

Ah Limerick..

Iwannahurl

Such careless abandonment of a vehicle presents an obstacle to other road users, and suggests the owner has not read, understood or appreciated the Rules of the Road. On the other hand, the owner of the Audi just wants a good smack.

SerialComplaint

Note 99-LH Volvo S40 taxi blocking inside lane of Morehampton Road for a few minutes. I think the passenger might have been using the ATM, and clearly it is unreasonable to expect a taxi to find somewhere to pull in without holding up at least four buses (say 100-200 people) and other traffic.

Iwannahurl

SerialComplaint wrote: »

Note 99-LH Volvo S40 taxi blocking inside lane of Morehampton Road for a few minutes. I think the passenger might have been using the ATM, and clearly it is unreasonable to expect a taxi to find somewhere to pull in without holding up at least four buses (say 100-200 people) and other traffic.

I'm a bit distracted this morning. You're being ironic, right?

That taxi is on double-yellows, almost on top of a pedestrian crossing, and (I think) in an ASL.

SerialComplaint

Iwannahurl wrote: »

You're being ironic, right?

Yep

jetpack101

E39MSport wrote: »

To be fair, they're making sure that kkk guy in the background doesn't get up to any shinannigans.

had to go back and find him......
He was stalking the women

Iwannahurl

Chief--- wrote: »

At least they are peering out and checking the road, it would be worse if they just ran out.

Its up to parents to educate their kids about road safety to cope with all conditions.

Drive down Patrick Street in Cork or O Connell Street in Limerick though and you will see hundreds of adults no able to cross the road safely.

Just noted that point.

It's a subject for another thread, but you're on the the wrong track with that kind of thinking, IMO. It is up to all of us in our society to educate our children about road safety. Law enforcers and people in public positions of authority have an even greater responsibility than others to exemplify and promote proper behaviour on the roads.

Anan1

Iwannahurl wrote: »

It's a subject for another thread, but you're on the the wrong track with that kind of thinking, IMO. It is up to all of us in our society to educate our children about road safety. Law enforcers and people in public positions of authority have an even greater responsibility than others to exemplify and promote proper behaviour on the roads.

Just to add a third perspective here, we all need to remember that kids are kids - expecting a child to compensate for the ignorant parking of an adult is likely to have a tragic outcome.

Iwannahurl

jetpack101 wrote: »

had to go back and find him......
He was stalking the women

I think the KKK guy subliminally suggested the ice cream cone in the first place.

Like this Swedish ice cream.

subway

Chief--- wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvEyWxZM_OM

in fairness, he seems to have parked very close to the junction

KoolKid

This guy pulled up without even indicating.Opens the doors & strolls off.
He must have went to the Dublin Bus driving school.

Sids Not

Iwannahurl wrote: »

Such careless abandonment of a vehicle presents an obstacle to other road users, and suggests the owner has not read, understood or appreciated the Rules of the Road. On the other hand, the owner of the Audi just wants a good smack.

Isnt it about time that people (like most on here) can take these sort of pictures and upload them onto the Garda website for these idiots to be procecuted/fined ..surely theres no defence for this sort of parking...or is it just me..

-Corkie-

Yawn......

This thread is so boring of late. I enjoyed all the funny pics in it but its gone to hell since somepeople spends his/her day looking for anysort of a parked vehicle. I even see someone got so bored they took a picture of a bulldozer parked on a lorry..:D:D

That dont include Koolkid as that bus is in a dangerous positon.

shogunpower

+1 does iwannahurl have anything else to do but walk children and take photos? the Audi is parked in a driveway/footpath, you have to walk around it, boo hoo. of course his other occupation is trolling about speeeeeeeeeeeed.

-Chris-

Singling out or criticising another poster isn't on lads, you know that.

If you've a problem with a poster or a post, report it and let us have a look at it.

Attack the post, not the poster.

-Corkie-

Sorry Chris. I wasnt thinking straight. I had a look back on the earlier pics on the thread to amuse myself like this one http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=63377333&postcount=159

Berty

-Corkie- wrote: »

Sorry Chris. I wasnt thinking straight. I had a look back on the earlier pics on the thread to amuse myself like this one http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=63377333&postcount=159

Hey!! It's mine!!

Nah. I prefer when I was taking pictures of gers_punto whatever he was called because he was parking like an ass and lo and behold he comes onto boards.ie to defend himself, gets a rollicking and ends up parking properly because I started stalking the car park to p*ss him off.

One converted, many more to go.