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Parking in estates without driveways

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    #32
    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,930 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Hagar wrote: »
    Conor O'Neill is the Operations Executive Officer - it's directly his area of reponsibility
    Brendan O'Neill (no Relation) is the CEO

    The number is to ring is on this site Give them hell. :D

    Give him hell for what? Once the van is taxed it can be parked where ever (s)he wants once it's legal.


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    #33
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    There is a difference between parking a private car regularly in a residential area and parking a commercial vehicle.

    From a safety point of view the obstruction caused by a high-sided van is much greater than a standard vehicle. The average pedestrian can either see on-coming traffic over the roof of a private car or through the windows if the are not as tall or are children. This is not possible with a van and as such could be a contributing factor to accidents possibly involving children.

    DPD have a fleet of over 300 vans, how many of these are parked daily outside people homes? They have a responsibility to the public, they should fulfill it by providing adequate off road parking for their fleet.

    Not just DPD BTW, all commercial enterprises.


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    #34
    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,930 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Hagar wrote: »
    There is a difference between parking a private car regularly in a residential area and parking a commercial vehicle.

    From a safety point of view the obstruction caused by a high-sided van is much greater than a standard vehicle. The average pedestrian can either see on-coming traffic over the roof of a private car or through the windows if the are not as tall or are children. This is not possible with a van and as such could be a contributing factor to accidents possibly involving children.

    Well seeing as a child can't see over a normal car that doen't make sense to ban commercial vehicles parking. And if a child has been trained to look through the windows of parked cars then they should also be taught to look both ways before crossing the road.

    And if an adult doesn't look before crossing a road where a van is parked they shouldn't be allowed out unsupervised. What about when vans are delivering to places, do they just keep rolling and throw the delivery in?

    While a van may not look nice out side your house they are as entittled to park there as you are. They've paid tax and are entitled to park where ever they want. If you don't like vans parked outside get your council to ban it like SDCC did. And see how well that's enforced.
    DPD have a fleet of over 300 vans, how many of these are parked daily outside people homes? They have a responsibility to the public, they should fulfill it by providing adequate off road parking for their fleet.

    Not just DPD BTW, all commercial enterprises.

    And who will pay for this? You and me of course. And how do you think a company is going to get planning permisson for a parking lot for several hundred vehicles, and if they how could they afford it?


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