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Car blocked in

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  • 15-02-2011 2:59pm
    #1
    coddlehip
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭


    Why is it that people find it necessary to block other cars into the car parks at UCD?? There was a whole third row of cars sandwiching the row of cars I parked in this morning when I went to fetch my car this lunchtime to transport my experiment from UCD to StVUH. Now my experiment is probably ruined and I only hope that I will be able to get my car out this evening to be able to fetch my son from hi creche.

    Why are some people so inconsiderate-and considerable numbers of them judging by the state of the car park when I went to try and get my car??

    Thanks so much BMW driver from the school of business (according to the cup in your cup holder) :mad:


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    #2
    Bobjims
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭Bobjims


    Some people are just really inconsiderate. I know the feeling, that used to happen to me all the time down in Clontarf. Long day at work and then you find someone blocking your car in, usually a BMW too :mad:.


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    #3
    littlefriend
    Registered Users Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭littlefriend


    coddlehip wrote: »
    Why is it that people find it necessary to block other cars into the car parks at UCD?? There was a whole third row of cars sandwiching the row of cars I parked in this morning when I went to fetch my car this lunchtime to transport my experiment from UCD to StVUH. Now my experiment is probably ruined and I only hope that I will be able to get my car out this evening to be able to fetch my son from hi creche.

    Why are some people so inconsiderate-and considerable numbers of them judging by the state of the car park when I went to try and get my car??

    Thanks so much BMW driver from the school of business (according to the cup in your cup holder) :mad:

    What an asshole. Ring services and get them to clamp it.


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    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    littlefriend wrote: »
    What an asshole. Ring services and get them to clamp it.
    :eek:

    Oh yeah lets immobilize the car thats blocking the OP in, great idea :rolleyes:


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    jinxremoving
    Registered Users Posts: 236 ✭✭jinxremoving


    littlefriend wrote: »
    What an asshole. Ring services and get them to clamp it.

    surely clamping it is counter productive as its stuck there for even longer?


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    #6
    Raphael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,880 ✭✭✭Raphael


    Hipcheck the car, set off the alarm. Then wait.


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    HavingCrack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,847 ✭✭✭HavingCrack


    Always try avoiding parking in the 'mud' car parks if you're able to. Always try get a space in the ones that have clearly marked out lines if you can. I know it's not much help to you now but might be in the future :D.


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    stop
    Registered Users Posts: 889 ✭✭✭stop


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    :eek:

    Oh yeah lets immobilize the car thats blocking the OP in, great idea :rolleyes:

    OP would have to wait for them to come back to their car to get out anyway. Might as well punish the dodgey parker for inconveniencing the OP.


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    Chet T16
    Registered Users Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭Chet T16


    I'd drive into someone if they blocked me in

    (assuming theres a chance i'd make it out)


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    littlefriend
    Registered Users Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭littlefriend


    stop wrote: »
    OP would have to wait for them to come back to their car to get out anyway. Might as well punish the dodgey parker for inconveniencing the OP.

    Exactly.


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    RandolphEsq
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,296 ✭✭✭RandolphEsq


    Just get a few young men and get them to lift it out of the way


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    PCPhoto
    Registered Users Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    littlefriend wrote: »
    What an asshole. Ring services and get them to clamp TOW it.

    FYP

    Towing it to an impound - when the car owner returns they must pay the towing fee and possibly a clamp fee as well .... so they will learn to be more considerate when parking in future.

    the more often it happens the more money the college will make the more considerate the parking will become and the more ignorant parkers will suffer.


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    HavingCrack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,847 ✭✭✭HavingCrack


    PCPhoto wrote: »
    FYP

    Towing it to an impound - when the car owner returns they must pay the towing fee and possibly a clamp fee as well .... so they will learn to be more considerate when parking in future.

    the more often it happens the more money the college will make the more considerate the parking will become and the more ignorant parkers will suffer.

    While private clamping is a very grey area private towing is pretty much no go. I could easily imagine someone taking a case that their car has been stolen and winning. I certainly wouldn't trust NCPS (or whatever their initals are) in looking after someones car.

    Public towing-yes
    Private towing-no


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    Riamfada
    Registered Users Posts: 10,246 ✭✭✭✭Riamfada


    I used to leave abusive notes on people's windows for being such inconsiderate ****es.

    The clampers wont clamp it because they cant prove that the car behind you wansnt the one to block you in and the BMW was. Anyone who drives a BMW is a knob.


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    Notorious
    Registered Users Posts: 2,167 ✭✭✭Notorious


    Riamfada wrote: »
    Anyone who drives a BMW is a knob.

    Jealous much?


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    #16
    Overature
    Registered Users Posts: 908 ✭✭✭Overature


    some guy blocked my today in that small carpark beside the running track, turns out he went for a jog, blocked at least 4 cars


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    graduate
    Registered Users Posts: 335 ✭✭graduate


    some guy blocked my today in that small carpark beside the running track, turns out he went for a jog, blocked at least 4 cars

    he was trying to get fit, you couldn't expect him to walk to the track.


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    #18
    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    Just smash a wing mirror. Its inconsiderate and they deserve it. If I blocked someone in, which I wouldn't out of principal, I wouldn't expect to be greeted with open arms.


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    HavingCrack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,847 ✭✭✭HavingCrack


    ironclaw wrote: »
    Just smash a wing mirror. Its inconsiderate and they deserve it. If I blocked someone in, which I wouldn't out of principal, I wouldn't expect to be greeted with open arms.

    Wouldn't recommend this, criminal damage and all that. Admittedly the chances of being caught are fairly slim but do you really want a possible conviction?


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    TheVoodoo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭TheVoodoo


    ironclaw wrote: »
    Just smash a wing mirror. Its inconsiderate and they deserve it. If I blocked someone in, which I wouldn't out of principal, I wouldn't expect to be greeted with open arms.

    " I didn't see the mirror when i walked into it, the same way you didn't see my car when you parked in front of it. "


    In all seriousness though... there is not much you can do. It happened to me there last semester and just waited it out.


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    stop
    Registered Users Posts: 889 ✭✭✭stop


    TheVoodoo wrote: »
    In all seriousness though... there is not much you can do. It happened to me there last semester and just waited it out.

    Get them clamped. You still have to wait, but you get a little revenge.


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    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    stop wrote: »
    Get them clamped. You still have to wait, but you get a little revenge.

    On the flip side, it could be someone who was desperately late for a meeting or exam. In life I suppose we all have a moment like that. Doesn't compensate for it but would you want to be reported for it? As much as I'd love to smash a wing mirror or clamp it, in the end, it could just be adding to a persons woes that day.

    However there are serial offenders, just take a look at the gravel carparks near Quinn.


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    stop
    Registered Users Posts: 889 ✭✭✭stop


    ironclaw wrote: »
    On the flip side, it could be someone who was desperately late for a meeting or exam. In life I suppose we all have a moment like that. Doesn't compensate for it but would you want to be reported for it? As much as I'd love to smash a wing mirror or clamp it, in the end, it could just be adding to a persons woes that day.

    However there are serial offenders, just take a look at the gravel carparks near Quinn.
    Possibly, but if they're late and it's that important to park there is always Pay & Display available, no need to screw over someone else.


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    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    stop wrote: »
    Possibly, but if they're late and it's that important to park there is always Pay & Display available, no need to screw over someone else.

    Not always. The Quinn gravel car park would be full, even Pay & Display by 9.30 / 10. Come 10am, you'd be lucky to find a spot most days, paid or otherwise.


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    stop
    Registered Users Posts: 889 ✭✭✭stop


    ironclaw wrote: »
    Not always. The Quinn gravel car park would be full, even Pay & Display by 9.30 / 10. Come 10am, you'd be lucky to find a spot most days, paid or otherwise.

    There's a new pay and display car park up at the new roebuck res. It's almost always near empty. I guess a lot of people don't know about it though.


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    errlloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 12,612 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    stop wrote: »
    There's a new pay and display car park up at the new roebuck res. It's almost always near empty. I guess a lot of people don't know about it though.

    Oi you, some of us study law and need that car park for being extra lazy. Stop telling people about it. I jest, feel free, the other day I saw some lads playing hurling in it, and while is empty enough to play hurling in, its a risk to all cars parked there!!


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    #27
    davi78
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭davi78


    Does anyone know what the situation with the parking in Glenomena is? There are some spaces that are marked 15 mins max and others are disabled spaces but do you need a resident's pass or is anyone free to park there?

    And to whoever was messing with the wipers on all the cars over there last night...get yourself a life.


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