[Article] Data shows cost to drivers of illegal parking

Victor

http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1116/parking.html

Data shows cost to drivers of illegal parking
16 November 2006 12:11

Motorists in Dublin are forking out millions for illegal parking in the city.

This year they have paid €3.3 million to have their cars de-clamped in Dublin, and that figure is expected to rise.

Cars are most likely to be clamped on North Great George's Street, with 822 cars clamped there already this year.

This means €65,760 has been collected from that street alone.

D'Olier Street follows in second place - 560 vehicles were clamped there, while Burgh Quay, Clarendon Street, and Hume Street feature as the third, fourth and fifth clamping blackspots.

Complete figures for 2005 show that over €4.4 million was paid out by motorists. That amounts to over 55,000 motorists being clamped.

Last year, Dublin's clamping blackspot was Castle Street. In second place was North Great George's Street.

dublinhead

There is also lots of money also being made by clampers in private apartment complexes. I noticed two cars clamped in mine this morning. They were parked on double yellow lines and were swooped upon during the night.

sliabh

dublinhead wrote:

There is also lots of money also being made by clampers in private apartment complexes. I noticed two cars clamped in mine this morning. They were parked on double yellow lines and were swooped upon during the night.

There is a bit of a question as to whether clamping on private property is legal or not. The management company that handles my appartment block said their solicitor advised them that clamping is only legal when carried out by the council/corpo. Otherwise it is regarded as "interfering with a motor vehicle" and is a criminal offense as far as the Guards are concerned.

Private clampers get away with it at the moment as they are not being challenged. But we were told that if you are clamped on private property, by a private company, then you can call the guards and they have to take action against the clamper.

This is why private clamping has never caught on in Ireland in the way it did in the UK.

sliabh

dublinhead wrote:

There is also lots of money also being made by clampers in private apartment complexes. I noticed two cars clamped in mine this morning. They were parked on double yellow lines and were swooped upon during the night.

There is a bit of a question as to whether clamping on private property is legal or not. The management company that handles my appartment block said their solicitor advised them that clamping is only legal when carried out by the council/corpo. Otherwise it is regarded as "interfering with a motor vehicle" and is a criminal offence as far as the Guards are concerned.

Private clampers get away with it at the moment as they are not being challenged. But we were told that if you are clamped on private property, by a private company, then you can call the guards and they have to take action against the clamper.

This is why private clamping has never caught on in Ireland in the way it did in the UK.

cast_iron

: wrote:

Last year, Dublin's clamping blackspot was Castle Street. In second place was North Great George's Street.

For some reason the clampers have almost stopped clamping on Castle St. - even though the cars continue to park illegaly, just like last year.

It appears to be a change in atitude towards the street for some unknown reason.

Slice

Is it legal to clamp cars parked on cycle lanes?

jman0

Slice wrote:

Is it legal to clamp cars parked on cycle lanes?

Of course it is.
If they are illegally parked then they are illegally parked.
I wish more a**holes would be clamped for parking there.

Slice

That road that parallels the Grand Canal is a case in point towards Harolds Cross, yet I have never seen any being clamped there.

How does one go about reporting such things?