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Parking fine....

  • 22-02-2009 10:23am
    #1
    Sids Not
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭


    I got a parking fine on the 14/2 for parking my van too long in a loading bay, this is my first parking fine in 25 years of driving....i was completely un-aware of this 30min limit....is this a new thing and should there be a sign or something stating the limit.?...so anyway i went on to the payment site but it keeps telling me theres a problem and wont let me pay....if i dont pay in 28 days it will go up to 60euro...any thoughts.?....i'm tempted to ignore it..


Comments

  • #2
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    There must be an address to send payment?

    By ignoring it you run the risk of a summons.


  • #3
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Loading bays are there for loading and unloading, not commerical vehicle parking.

    Perhaps a read of the Rules of the Road mightn't go astray.
    Sids Not wrote: »
    ..so anyway i went on to the payment site but it keeps telling me theres a problem and wont let me pay.
    Are there other means of paying, some / many fines can be paid in post offices.


  • #4
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    The websites rarely work. Its up to the parking warden to upload the stuff onto the system - or so the excuse I was given a few times I got a ticket.

    The address is usually on the back of the ticket or at least a phone number where you can ask to be put in touch with the department dealing with fines.


  • #5
    Sids Not
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭Sids Not


    Thanks Sully, someone with a common sense answer for a change....;)..

    Just an update , after various failed attempts at on-line paying i rang the office, and to no suprise i was told there was nothing on the system....my call was recorded and today i received a letter stating that my ticket had been cancelled as the result of an error....me thinks the attendant had secound-thoughts...or maybe got a bollicking from his mates....;)


  • #6
    dats_right
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭dats_right


    Sids Not wrote: »
    me thinks the attendant had secound-thoughts...or maybe got a bollicking from his mates....;)

    I would sincerely doubt that, particularly as the Warden was only doing their job and correctly so at that! Far more likely that it is an oversight or a administrative error which you have luckily benefited from.

    I'm not one to criticise unecessarily but for someone who has been driving for 25 years and seemingly drives for a living it is quite astonishing that you didn't realise the 30 minute rule regarding loading bays..

    Oh and for future reference, there is a legal maxim which states: Ignorantia juris non excusat, which means that ignorance of the law is no excuse. So the onus is on you to know the law. Maybe a brief refresher in the rules of the road is in order in order to avoid any future problems?!


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