Approved methods by which parking tickets can be issued?

ivanthehunter

Can anyone shed any light on this issue? Just seen the Garda driving down a road full of illegally parked vehicles and simply writing down details..

If there is no need to issue tickets any more then why do traffic wardens still issue them at all?

Possible a cop has greater powers?

Surely there is some S.I. that deals with this relatively simple procedure. Any know of hand...

oceallachain

i'm a serving member of the Gardai and I couldn't agree with you more. This system is an absolute disgrace. Its called the fcps system. government paid millions incorporating it and now we have a situation where the guards hate it, solicitors love it and judges hate it. let alone the poor sole who gets an fcps notice in the door without any prior warning for a non-intercept offence.

for me it takes away a garda's most valued power, his/her power of discretion in that by the time the customer becomes aware of the offence's detection its actually too late for the guard to consider a verbal caution.

bring back the ticket book!

Our man in Havana

Simple explanation. Gardaí and Traffic Wardens operate under different legislation. A Traffic Warden must afix the notice to the vehicle or hand it to the driver. A Garda does not need to afix the notice or hand it to the driver at the time.

Name Changed

Most Gardaí are not going to go around issuing tickets willy-nilly for parking offences.

Most likely what would occur is that some member of the public, or more likely a representative such as a politician, would make a complaint about the parking issues in that particular area. They would write to the local Superintendent who would then direct Gardaí to go down and issue tickets. That's how it works.

Our man in Havana

Pretty much.

Matt Santos

Our man in Havana wrote: »

Simple explanation. Gardaí and Traffic Wardens operate under different legislation. A Traffic Warden must afix the notice to the vehicle or hand it to the driver. A Garda does not need to afix the notice or hand it to the driver at the time.

Is this still the case?
I returned to my car today after being away for about 5 mins. I obviously had no ticket on my car but was well within the 10 mins grace allowed to purchase a ticket. A traffic warden was in the process of issuing the ticket when I got back. I got into the car and drove off before he finished writing it and he had no chance to affix said ticket.
He didnt make any effort to stop me but got noticeably faster at writing but not fast enough!
Can the ticket now be sent to me in the post?

berrypendel

Matt Santos wrote: »

Is this still the case?
I returned to my car today after being away for about 5 mins. I obviously had no ticket on my car but was well within the 10 mins grace allowed to purchase a ticket. A traffic warden was in the process of issuing the ticket when I got back. I got into the car and drove off before he finished writing it and he had no chance to affix said ticket.
He didnt make any effort to stop me but got noticeably faster at writing but not fast enough!
Can the ticket now be sent to me in the post?

i think so. i am sure whoever said a warden has to affix ticket is wrong