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Clamped Last Night

  • 07-01-2010 12:28am
    #1
    Fear Sneachta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭


    Hey Guys,

    just looking for your opinion on this, I live in an apartment block in Dublin with a designated underground parking space I was driving home around midnight when the weather gone really bad, total whiteout conditions, anyway when I got to the apartment there was a few cms of snow on the ground and it was too dangerous to put my car into the carpark, there is a major slope and the car was sliding towards the walls. I parked my car on the side of the road behind a line of cars. There was nowhere else I could put it. I put a note on the windscreen saying I was a resident and put my number on it.

    When I came out this morning the car was clamped, apparently it was a double yellow line (which was snow covered) I wasn't causing any kind of obsctruction by the way. I couldn't believe it, I was clamped at 4am. I rang the company today and was told that regardless of the circumstances that I would have to pay 120euro to be released. Its money that I dont have and am wondering would any of you pursue it if the same happened. I think it is a discrace as the weather was so bad and I had nowhere else to go without risking a crash.


Comments

  • #2
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,101 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Not much you can do. They're a private company so you have to pay up and appeal! Have you googled the clamp to see if it can be removed without damage.


  • #3
    Fear Sneachta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭Fear Sneachta


    Del2005 wrote: »
    Not much you can do. They're a private company so you have to pay up and appeal! Have you googled the clamp to see if it can be removed without damage.


    No, didnt think of that, I should have mentioned I paid to get the clamp removed, I had to go to work so had no choice.


  • #4
    daveharnett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭daveharnett


    b@stards

    that is all


  • #5
    Fizman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,605 ✭✭✭Fizman


    Apt username by the way! :pac:


  • #6
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Del2005 wrote: »
    Not much you can do. They're a private company so you have to pay up and appeal! Have you googled the clamp to see if it can be removed without damage.

    Sure a quick search on here brings up this legend of a guy :rolleyes:


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  • #7
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    Quickly take photos of said parked car so you can prove you 'didn't know' it was a double yellow line due to the snow.


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