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Strange area to see clamping....

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  • 28-04-2005 11:47am
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    Saruman
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    I have noticed on a number of occasions while driving down Botanic Avenue, you know the park along there and there are parking areas there... well sometimes i see cars clamped there and as far as i know there is no reason for them to be clamped.. its not pay and display, they are not causing an obstruction, its a public park, there are no signs i have ever seen saying you cant park in the parking spaces OR even that there is a limit of how long you can park there...

    Anyone from the area have any ideas??
    Any other strange spots??

    Oh I remember one sunday driving up to stevens green SC (the road leading to the back) and there was a clamper doing about 10 cars in loading bays.. thing is they are NOT loading bays on sunday so he was in the wrong.. anyway a few hours later i came by and all the same cars were there but no clamps :D:D

    Clampers... the people you love to hate.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,400 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Saruman wrote:
    I have noticed on a number of occasions while driving down Botanic Avenue, you know the park along there and there are parking areas there... well sometimes i see cars clamped there and as far as i know there is no reason for them to be clamped.. its not pay and display, they are not causing an obstruction, its a public park, there are no signs i have ever seen saying you cant park in the parking spaces OR even that there is a limit of how long you can park there...
    They may have been towed from elsewhere and rather than taken to the pound, positioned there and clamped so the tow-truck can be used to remove multiple obstructions rather than spending most of it's time to and from the pound.


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    Saruman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    Interesting but is that legal? I mean if the car is moved somewhere and then some skangers smash it up would the company not be liable??


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    De Hipster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭De Hipster


    Saruman wrote:
    Interesting but is that legal? I mean if the car is moved somewhere and then some skangers smash it up would the company not be liable??

    I can't see how on earth they can get away with moving your vehicle & randomly dropping it elsewhere...surely that counts as theft?!


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    PaddyFagan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,146 ✭✭✭PaddyFagan


    The moving cars and clamping them in place has been "common" practice for the last few years. Particularly for cars in clear-ways/bus lanes, they tend to be moved to a nearby disk parking location and clamped.

    I certainly saw them do it around rathmines/rathgar in 2000...

    Paddy


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