Clamping of Motorcycles in Dublin City - be aware.

curryman

I recieved an e-mail from mag Ireland today Which reads as follows


Folks

It has come to MAG Ireland's attention that Dublin City Council have
acquired some motorcycle clamps. We immediately contacted them to
confirm this fact and to ask in what circumstances they proposed to
use them. We received the reply set out below. We also contacted the
other three local authorities in the Dublin area namely Fingal, South
Dublin and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and they all confirmed that they did
not clamp motorcycles nor were they planning to do so. So anyone
bringing your bike in to the City area be careful not to park same in
such a way as to block pedestrian access or cause a hazard. Otherwise
you should have no problem. We have asked the City Council to identify
the problem locations and if we are so informed, we will let you know.

Yours in biking

Gearóid O'Byrne
MAG Ireland


I refer to your recent telephone conversations
with Mr. Tim O'Sullivan concerning clamping of
motorcycles in Dublin City and I regret very
much the delay in replying formally to you on this issue.

In this connection, I wish to confirm that the
Council has recently arranged for the
acquisition by the parking enforcement
contractor of a number of clamps suitable for
use on motorcycles. It is intended to use these
clamps to enforce illegally parked bikes at
specific commercial/retail premises where
significant problems have arisen due to the
proliferation of motorcycles on the footway outside these premises.

It is not intended to use these clamps to
enforce individual motorbikes at other locations
in the city. However, the Council requests that
your members exercise due care and consideration
when parking their motorcycles.

I hope that the foregoing clarifies the position for you.

Brian Riddick

Run_to_da_hills

Unless they provide suitable motorcycle parking spaces throughout the city they have no right to clamp any motorcycle.

Steffano2002

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Unless they provide suitable motorcycle parking spaces throughout the city they have no right to clamp any motorcycle.

I fully agree! Money generating b@stards! I detest clamps! :mad:

Dorsanty

Anyone know where they are talking about?

For my own part I've never parked on a footpath in such a way as to force pedestrians to have to avoid my bike. If for no other reason then I don't want them bumping into or scratching it. Also anywhere I've seen bikes in town gather in numbers would be near to those bicycle parking points for the obvious reason of chaining the motorbikes to it.

So I'm at a loss as to where significant problems have arisen.

madrab

outside posh shops that dont want common folk with their motorbicycles ruffing up their image

egan007

In case, like me, you are wondering what these look like



MOFOS

madrab

he that thing wouldnt fit on my royalstar

KTRIC

What about these things damaging spokes etc. You think all is well after they've removed the clamp until your front wheel buckles and you hit the ground.

Wossack

I need a Buell...

Tree

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Unless they provide suitable motorcycle parking spaces throughout the city they have no right to clamp any motorcycle.

is there no bike parking set aside in dublin?

there's a few spots around cork set aside, three areas on patrick st alone.

Noelie

those clamps could easily rip off the tyre valve also.

carlosfandango

Hello all,
As far as I understand it, it is illegal to park a motorcycle in a car parking space in Dublin. Also, there are as you have pointed out, no dedicated parking spaces supplied by Dublin City Council. Therefore, it seems to me that until both of these situations change, they will be unable to clamp a motorcycle.
There are many more hazards involved in clamping a motorbike that don't occur when clamping a car - such as damage to wheels that are integral to the balance of the vehicle, damage to the brake lines (that vary from bike to bike), damage to the brake discs (that again vary from bike to bike) - just a few examples.
I for one would question the legality of this move by the council and will try to find out more and post it here.
I normally post in the classic car section for my sins but am an avid biker and have been for 20 years. I currently ride a tiger 1050 and would always take care where I park. For safety and practicality to pedestrians and the bike!
I cannot believe that this has slipped under the radar and my own opinion is that we aid traffic flow and decongestion. Totally bonkers!

Run_to_da_hills

One of these and a few mates.



and this should solve the problem, just make sure the bike is well protected from sparks!!!



If there is any questions, what clamp? what bike? (Provided you don't have a big brother CCTV staring down at you!!!)

carlosfandango

Yup, here it is!

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
PARKING CONTROL BYE-LAWS 2007 (part 2 section 13)
13. A motorcycle, with or without a sidecar, or a pedal cycle shall not be parked during operational hours in a ticket parking place.

Full details are available here...
http://www.dublincity.ie/Images/Parking%20Bye-Laws%202007_tcm35-54641.pdf

Just so you know!