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Note left on windscreen of car

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    #32
    Ronan|Raven
    Registered Users Posts: 8,141 ✭✭✭Ronan|Raven


    Carraig Fhearghais wrote: »
    I found a leaflet under my wiper, advertising a circus which was in the locality, wonder can I sue them for the same thing?
    :rolleyes:

    Don't be a clown!


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    #33
    ted1
    Registered Users Posts: 23,317 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    mayway wrote: »
    Absolutely. I made a mistake and would have gladly accepted a parking ticket from a legitimate source. But a cowardly note from an anonymous loser? No thanks. They would have had to interfere with my property to to put in under the wiper and that is not acceptable to me. Surely, they must be breaking some law?

    What difference would a name in the note make ? Did you expect them to hang around ? You could be gone all day.
    As for interfering with your car, get a grip and kop on.


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    #34
    Dia1988
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭Dia1988


    It would be funny if it turned out to be one of your children who placed the note there unknown to you?


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    #35
    Nedbroy
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭Nedbroy


    You weren't by any chance also overcharged for a baguette recently?


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    #36
    The other fella
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭The other fella


    Some rain just fell on my car while it was parked on a public road! Im going to sue either Irish water or else whatever c**ts are behind that global warming


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    #37
    dudeeile
    Registered Users Posts: 2,146 ✭✭✭dudeeile


    Thanks mayway, best laugh I've had all day. Please keep us updated with how this situation unfolds.


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    #38
    First Up
    Registered Users Posts: 14,822 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    mayway wrote: »
    I'm not sure where to post this but I'll try here.

    This morning I was dropping my kids off to school on the way to work and I inadvertently parked on double yellow lines while I walked the kids to school. I was probably gone about 10 minutes.

    Fairs fair, I was on double yellow lines and if I had got a parking ticket for that then I would have no complaint about it.

    However, when I got back to the car and got into it and drove off I noticed a note stuck under the wiper of the car. I pulled in down the road and removed it. It was a cowardly anonymous note. It was a copy of a letter that the school had circulated several months due to ludicrous parking all around the school which led to emergency services not being able to access a housing estate to attend to a sick child which, of course, was a disgrace.

    Now, while I was on double yellow lines, I was not blocking the road in any shape or form but I was clearly in the wrong for parking there in the 1st place. The note that I received was deeply unpleasant and was signed off at the end in what can only described as infantile handwriting with a statement that said my parking on double yellow lines had been reported to the Gardai!

    Of course, the coward who did this sought to do this anonymously so I have no idea who they are.

    My question is this, as they have clearly interfered with my private property whilst parked on a public road and they have no right to do so, what legal action can I take against them? Is there any law that they have broken that they can be prosecuted under? Or is this just a civil matter and, as such, would merit some sort of compensation?

    I intend to engage a investigator to track down this loser and subsequently unleash my solicitor at him or her but I was wondering if anyone knew of a similar case before I go down this road.

    Has it occured to you that the copy of the letter from the school might have been put there by someone from the school?


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    #39
    Get Real
    Registered Users Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Get Real


    no offence OP but I think you should let this one go.

    You hold your hands up and admit you were in the wrong, by being annoyed at someones behaviour doesn't entitle you to bring up legal action in all circumstances.

    I can understand why you view the note leavers placing of the note cowardly.

    But in reality it is just an angry reaction to the fact you were in the wrong, you got caught out, and you're annoyed at the fact that someone "dared" pull you up on it without saying it to your face. Annoying yes, but a civil matter? No.


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    #40
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    You should turn yourself in to the authorities and fall down on your criminal knees and beg for leniency.

    Then you should offer to paint the yellow lines for the rest of your life.

    You are the Criminal ! ! !


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    #41
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    Nedbroy wrote: »
    Maybe should be moved to legal issues with that other very pressing case of the man who was overcharged for his baguette yesterday?
    Some serious gold on boards lately ðŸ˜

    No, to Motors! Just to see how long it'd be til someone suggested cutting the offending note off with an angle grinder, storing the note, and issuing invoices for the cost of storing the note...


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    #42
    ScottStorm
    Registered Users Posts: 364 ✭✭ScottStorm


    There is at least one person coming across as a loser.


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    #43
    kilburn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭kilburn


    This post is pathetic. I live near a school and it is amazing the sense of entitlement some people have parking on double yellows and blocking your driveway.
    "Excuse me your blocking my driveway I can't get out"
    " I will be two minutes just walking the kids across the road to school"
    "Ok i will just ring my boss and tell him I will be late because some thick ignorant pig is parked across my driveway"


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    #44
    Danjamin1
    Registered Users Posts: 919 ✭✭✭Danjamin1


    FFS OP, it's self-entitled idiots like you that make me hate people.

    You were in the wrong, you were told as much by an anonymous source, get over it & park legally in future.


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    #45
    Ian Whelan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 599 ✭✭✭Ian Whelan


    Wow. I have seen it all now. This is ridiculous.


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    #46
    keysersoze0330
    Registered Users Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭keysersoze0330


    I'd say the children in the school have more cop on. Solicitors?? Grow up.


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    #47
    Infracted
    Closed Accounts Posts: 89 ✭✭Infracted


    The worst type of people are those who think its alright for them to park on double yellows. I bet there was legal parking less than a minute away.


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    #48
    mayway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 276 ✭✭mayway


    I do indeed get flyers but seeing as they aren't threatening in nature I have no problem with it.

    I do, however, have a big issue with the coward who interfered with my property. As for there being damage, as far as I can tell the car hasn't been damaged but undoubtedly the wiper has been weakened somewhat by being lifted. As I didn't give permission for this to happen then I feel I should have a case here.


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    #49
    Neyite
    Administrators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,947 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Neyite


    If you were on double yellows you were either obstructing traffic or visibility for other road users.

    By saying that you were in no way obstructing traffic, you really mean you were also illegally parked up on the pavement. Blocking other pedestrians, wheelchairs and buggies.

    The only person taking liberties here was you.


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    #50
    yermandan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭yermandan


    this is clearly a pisstake


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    #51
    deco nate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,340 ✭✭✭deco nate


    mayway wrote: »
    I do indeed get flyers but seeing as they aren't threatening in nature I have no problem with it.

    I do, however, have a big issue with the coward who interfered with my property. As for there being damage, as far as I can tell the car hasn't been damaged but undoubtedly the wiper has been weakened somewhat by being lifted. As I didn't give permission for this to happen then I feel I should have a case here.
    Cop on!! Lifting the wiper and putting a note under it will NOT damage it in ANY Way... Jeez some people eh?


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    #52
    mayway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 276 ✭✭mayway


    Absolutely I was wrong. I made an honest mistake. That doesn't excuse the idiot who interfered with my property. There must be some way of getting justice here.


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    #53
    deco nate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,340 ✭✭✭deco nate


    Ah here, this has to be a wind up!


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    #54
    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    mayway wrote: »
    Absolutely I was wrong. I made an honest mistake. That doesn't excuse the idiot who interfered with my property. There must be some way of getting justice here.

    Get the garda forensic unit to analyse the note for fingerprints or DNA, this menace must be brought to justice :rolleyes:


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    #55
    Ranchu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 709 ✭✭✭Ranchu


    mayway wrote: »
    Absolutely I was wrong. I made an honest mistake. That doesn't excuse the idiot who interfered with my property. There must be some way of getting justice here.

    You're being wrong again here.


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    #56
    Big Bag of Chips
    Administrators Posts: 13,778 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Big Bag of Chips


    mayway wrote: »
    There must be some way of getting justice here.

    Legal advice is not allowed on Boards.ie so nobody here can advice you either way. Your best bet is to ring a solicitor in the morning and ask them.

    edit: By the way, what "justice" are you looking for? Have you anything in mind or do you just want something done?


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    #57
    brightspark
    Registered Users Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭brightspark


    mayway wrote: »
    Absolutely I was wrong. I made an honest mistake. That doesn't excuse the idiot who interfered with my property. There must be some way of getting justice here.

    Hire the investigator, then the solicitor. When you bring the case to court with the barrister representing you I am sure justice will be done.

    (Edit. Don't forget an engineer to exam your wipers and screen for damage)


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    #58
    furiousox
    Registered Users Posts: 6,903 ✭✭✭furiousox


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3_BRSOkFyY

    CPL 593H



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    #59
    bee06
    Registered Users Posts: 4,514 ✭✭✭bee06


    mayway wrote: »
    Absolutely I was wrong. I made an honest mistake. That doesn't excuse the idiot who interfered with my property. There must be some way of getting justice here.

    It wasn't an honest mistake. An honest mistake would be you parking there when you didn't see the double yellow lines.

    What you did was deliberately illegally park despite the fact that parents had already been warned not to do it after the previous incident.

    I really hope this is a wind up.


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    #60
    Father Ted Crilly
    Site Banned Posts: 217 ✭✭Father Ted Crilly


    slinky2000 wrote: »
    Plus this is a legal question and not a commuting and transport subject.

    Backseat moderating.

    See what I did there?

    Anyway, OP, I have come to the conclusion that whoever left the note on your windscreen was obviously a student at whatever school you're talking about.

    Just let it go.


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    #61
    Dia1988
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭Dia1988


    OP, Had you the triangle park anywhere (aka hazard warning lights) button on?

    If so, you're not at fault then and you should pursue this note leaver criminal with the full rigours of the law!


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