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Locking your car.

  • 25-05-2009 3:01pm
    #1
    NUTLEY BOY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know if there are are statutory requirements in Ireland to lock your car door when the vehicle is left unattended ?

    (I know about the insurance implications of not locking the car so don't worry about that !)


Comments

  • #2
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    Why would there be?


  • #3
    Zube
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭Zube


    -Chris- wrote: »
    Why would there be?

    I can imagine circumstances where there could be legal implications. Say you leave the car unlocked and the keys in (which before you laugh, several posters here have said they do regularly at home), and a kid gets in and starts the car, and causes a crash.

    That's arguably your fault, same as if you leave a ladder up against a wall and a kid climbs up and falls off.


  • #4
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    Same way if you left your car unlocked and a kid got in and let off the handbrake and went rolling down the hill.

    I don't see how/why they would statutorily require door locking though - they don't on your house.


  • #5
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    If a kid crashed and got killed/fell off the ladder I think it's a civil matter - parents could maybe sue or something.


  • #6
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,138 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    Zube wrote: »
    I can imagine circumstances where there could be legal implications. Say you leave the car unlocked and the keys in (which before you laugh, several posters here have said they do regularly at home), and a kid gets in and starts the car, and causes a crash.

    That's arguably your fault, same as if you leave a ladder up against a wall and a kid climbs up and falls off.

    There's no statuary requirement preventing you from leaving ladders against walls, and it would be the same with locking your car. As Magnus said, it would be a civil matter if anything did happen, and apportioning liability to you for not locking the car would be decided on the merits of the case in question.

    People can sue (Civilly) for anything - suing is the process of requesting that a court decide on a particular matter, and often has nothing to do with a specific prohibition under law (which would usually be dealt with in a criminal case)


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