Clampers warning. Be careful out there!

milltown

This could be an isolated incident or could be a new tactic to increase revenue, I'm just offering the info, do with it what you will.

I came out of Bushy Park on Weds. to find my car clamped on Rathdown Rd. along with the car in front. The reason? Parking at a continuous white line.
It was a corpo clamp and the notice cited the relevant section of the rta so no point whinging about it being a racket. Where I was parked there were double yellows accross the road, none on my side, and the road was plenty wide that I didn't need wheels on the kerb for cars to pass me.

As I said, I'm not having a moan about it but, while I was waiting to be declamped loads of people, residents, park users and passers by, stopped to ask why we were clamped? They, like me, said they would never think of looking in the middle of the road for reasons not to park, so long as there were no yellow lines and no signs up.

The residents I spoke with said they've only started this in the last few weeks, which leads me to guess that it's the council scouring the rta to see how they can bring in an extra bit of revenue in these dark times. Or are these contracts just sold off to the likes of Park Rite who can use whatever means they see fit (within the law) to turn a profit?

Anyway, let's be careful out there.

Tipsy Mac

Usually a continuous white line is there because the road is narrow and cars cannot pass parked cars safely and so for this reason parking is not allowed. It is a penalty point offence, lucky you were just clamped to be honest.

aoibhebree

Was it on a narrow piece of road, or near a bend or a junction maybe?

Damien360

thats a new one on me. Think how many roads have continuous white line in a built up area with parking on both sides. Loads.

If you were on an open road with no hard shoulder to stop on I might understand why you were clamped.

If the car was in a dangerous position to obstruct traffic (as yours was deemed to have been) then it should have been lifted away. I don't know the road, is it a clearway ?

Victor

Do you mean Rathdown Park / Drive / Avenue? Its a fair walk to Rathdown Road in Phibsborough.

Its an offence to force someone to cross a solid white line - its been in the Rules of the Roads for an awful long time,

You do read the Rules of the Roads now and again, don't you?

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Councils get all the money from clamping (fines go to the Exchequer). The contractor is essentially on a fixed fee. In Dublin, clamping fees do not cover the cost of the clamping service.

kdevitt

My ex girlfriend was clamped for that about 11 years ago - its definitely not a new tactic.

Fighting Irish

Tipsy Mac wrote: »

Usually a continuous white line is there because the road is narrow and cars cannot pass parked cars safely and so for this reason parking is not allowed. It is a penalty point offence, lucky you were just clamped to be honest.

but but but i didn't know the rules so fuck the government!!!!11
oh yeah and fuck the banks

Berty

Thank F**K Limerick do not clamp.

When I go to Dublin, Cork or Galway I park in a multistorey at all times out of fear.

Arathorn

Jeez the amount of self righteous people on here, the OP acknowledged he was in the wrong, was just letting people know as it seems to be only recently enforced on this stretch of road.

Bee

Victor wrote: »

In Dublin, clamping fees do not cover the cost of the clamping service.

I have seen the figures

The fees cover it but creative accounting is done to make it appear that way!

milltown

milltown wrote: »

As I said, I'm not having a moan about it.

Just posted as a heads up. I felt less of a fool when the numerous passers by, and almost everyone I mentioned it to since, said they would not be inclined to look for the white line in the middle of the road when parking.
And as I mentioned, the local residents said they've only been clamping for that in the last few weeks.

If you drive to Bushy Park, be careful where and how you park.

If you don't, take this as a friendly reminder to look further than kerbs and lamp posts when parking, whether it's a car or a high horse.

Arathorn

milltown wrote: »

whether it's a car or a high horse.