Double yellow lines for taxi pick-up

What's idiotic about the bus lane on the OT Road? I don't like it either but I struggle to see how it's different from lots of other bus lanes. There is often a camera van at the eastbound lane just after the motorway slip road and that suggests that some policing of compliance is being undertaken. It certainly leads to car drivers not shooting into the bus lane there.

Common sense is often uncommon as in this case.

A taxi is an SPSV not a private car.

It makes no sense to be prosecuting an SPSV from fulfilling it's function by picking up a member of the public.

You "came down" - does that mean you got out of your car? If so, you parked and illegally so if still on the double yellow lines. Read the rules of the road and follow them in future.

No she didn't. I would love if she had tried to give me a ticket, I have dash cam and cctv in the car.

Where does the OP state the garda was female?

And what difference does it make if they were?

While still in your car you were only "stopped" on double yellow lines for pickup, however you were caught as having parked the second you left your car. By definition parking your car is "the action of bringing a vehicle that one is driving to a halt and leaving it temporarily, typically in a car park or by the side of the road." and as you left your car to engage the guards they had cause at that time to cite you for parking, which there is no recourse for.

Had you remained in your car and passenger quickly entered and you drove away, i would say it is unlikely you would have picked up a fine/points.

And then the gardai wonder why they loose the respect of the general public. A person who was out trying to earn a living, stopped for a brief period to pick up a fare. Yes you're not allowed park on double yellow line, but if the garda was any way decent, they'd have a short chat, explain its not permitted and not to do it again. Why get normal peoples backs up while scumbags run rampage in the city, easy targets, that is all.

But stopping at a red light is parking, its just not illegal to do. The phrase "parked at a red light" or "parked at a junction waiting to go" would not be unheard off.

True, maybe they failed the h'attitide test and the garda decided to forego discretion and went straight to the little black notebook.

Yup, only one side here. We don't know the location, if there have been numerous complaints about that kind of action, was is safe to do so, did it stop other traffic, is there a pick up point/taxi stand nearby, too many variables. But I will say that taxi drivers seem to think the rules of the road and traffic laws don't apply to them, because they're "just trying to make a living". We can't pick and choose the laws we obey, but when we have people on here openly admitting to consistently breaking the laws that they don't find suitable for their situation, what hope have we in general...

During my time as a Garda, I was the cause of a number of taxi "strikes", because I had the cheek to not let them park and block the only access to a cul de sac where a good few elderly people live, resulting in an ambulance being unable to get in there on a number of occasions. How dare I. Shur they were only trying to make a living. Traffic law needs to be enforced more, but the poor precious craturs only trying to make a living or go about their business will be affected. The same ones who pick and choose which laws to obey.

The level of driving in Ireland is shocking, and the sense of entitlement is alive and well.

Taxis stopping abruptly to pick up a fare is my pet hate - they seem to just slam on the brakes regardless of what danger they present to other road users - all they have to do is firstly indicate and then slow down and stop where safe to do so-

That's grand, but you also have to then be willing to accept any fine or action as a result of your breaking of the rules. Most will throw a strop.