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What do people think of the Traffic Wardens in Leixlip/Celbridge?
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08-06-2009 9:34am#1In my opinion they are doing a thankless job for f'all money and really aren't as bad as the Liffey Champion make them out to be. The councillors also jump on their backs about what they do but it was tha council who installed the parking system and passed the bye-laws in the first place.
They way i see it is if people park illegally then they deserve a ticket. People who park on double yellows or on footpaths are obstructing traffic/pedestrians, parking in bus stops blocks traffic when a bus arrives and can't pull (although some of the Dublin Bus drivers aren't able to pull into a free bus stop), parking in loading bays makes trucks park on double yellows and footpaths and blocks up the town for upto 20mins at a time and the worst of the lot people parking in disabled bays without having a disabled badge. It doesn't stop traffic or hold up pedestrians but it is a terrible act and these people deserve their €80 fine and more.
Then the lesser offence of not paying your parking fee. I don't really have too much sympathy for these people either as they could surely afford the few cent it costs to park legally. In Leixlip it's only 25cent ffs and Celbridge its some thing like €1.
So for once I'm defending the wardens and would like to hear what others think.
And this is my 100 post.
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i agree with parking on footpaths and double yellow lines. But I think there should be free parking like in Maynooth. They want people to shop in the village but the lack of spaces. It's not the 25c that matters, it's the delay of having to go into Spar to buy it and than go back to the car.
I think the Gardai might be better off doing it. Save a bit of tax payer money and the Gardai can check peoples tax and insurance while they are at it 0 -
i agree with parking on footpaths and double yellow lines. But I think there should be free parking like in Maynooth. They want people to shop in the village but the lack of spaces. It's not the 25c that matters, it's the delay of having to go into Spar to buy it and than go back to the car.
I think the Gardai might be better off doing it. Save a bit of tax payer money and the Gardai can check peoples tax and insurance while they are at it
The wardens give 10 mins to go and get a ticket so the delay doesn't really count. I heard the council had plans to install ticket machines in Leixlip but this was put onhold because of the recession. But if they did this then the price would increase by 400% to €1. Also there are plans to introduce paid parking in Maynooth and Clane.
The wardens can give out tax fines too. Was in the Spar carpark the other day and heard someone abusing the warden about a fine that they got since they had a ticket on their car and the warden told him that his tax was out and that was what the fine was for. €60 i believe. He got even worse abuse after tellin him that.0 -
i agree with parking on footpaths and double yellow lines. But I think there should be free parking like in Maynooth. They want people to shop in the village but the lack of spaces. It's not the 25c that matters, it's the delay of having to go into Spar to buy it and than go back to the car.
I think the Gardai might be better off doing it. Save a bit of tax payer money and the Gardai can check peoples tax and insurance while they are at it
Since Celbridge got pay parking it is easier to park in town since it stops the all day and all week parking. If you ask around in Maynooth you will find the traders in the main st area would prefer pay parking as many of the spots are taken for the day by train users and workers in Manor Mills etc.
You may ask why workers in Manor Mills park on the street, they do it so they can get away faster in the evenings.
The parking wardens also check for tax, insurance and NCT.0 -
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In my opinion they are doing a thankless job for f'all money and really aren't as bad as the Liffey Champion make them out to be. The councillors also jump on their backs about what they do but it was tha council who installed the parking system and passed the bye-laws in the first place.
They way i see it is if people park illegally then they deserve a ticket. People who park on double yellows or on footpaths are obstructing traffic/pedestrians, parking in bus stops blocks traffic when a bus arrives and can't pull (although some of the Dublin Bus drivers aren't able to pull into a free bus stop), parking in loading bays makes trucks park on double yellows and footpaths and blocks up the town for upto 20mins at a time and the worst of the lot people parking in disabled bays without having a disabled badge. It doesn't stop traffic or hold up pedestrians but it is a terrible act and these people deserve their €80 fine and more.
Then the lesser offence of not paying your parking fee. I don't really have too much sympathy for these people either as they could surely afford the few cent it costs to park legally. In Leixlip it's only 25cent ffs and Celbridge its some thing like €1.
So for once I'm defending the wardens and would like to hear what others think.
And this is my 100 post.:D:D
what about people like me who live up the top of saint patricks park with no drive and still recieve fines for not havin a tax disc on a car thats off the road?? and when i explained this what did the warden say?? TUFF not my problem, or what happens when i have no where to park and have to park outside of where my permit allows me and still get a fine for not displaying a valid permit, im sorry but pay parking is not needed all the way up the top of the park, and our wardens need to learn how to deal with the public in a professional and curtious mannar instead of tryin to hand out as many "commission fines" at the end of the month0 -
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