No Parking Note on Windshield from Guards

JustAddWater

Hi

Got a note on my windshield i'd be receiving a fixed notice for parking illegally today

Grand, except I wasn't. I parked at the side of the road alongside the path, in between a row of cars that were also parked there. No yellow lines, no notice to say no parking. Absolutely nothing at all that says I can't park there

What's the story with this? I honestly park in the correct areas, and don't park all over the place, so if I had seen a no parking sign I wouldn't have parked there!

Any thoughts? Could I go to a garda station and tell them that nowhere does it say I can't park and there are no yellow lines? I also didn't notice anyone else getting anything.

I also checked btw and wasn't blocking any access. Nothing unusual

Thanks

Near a junction, pedestrian crossing, narrow street with continuos white line ??

ciarsd

Did you take photos?

?Cee?view

I'd put money on it being a clearway. Staggering the amount of people that have no idea what that sign means.

hobochris

ciarsd wrote: »

Did you take photos?

+10000000000000000000000000000000000

If you didn't its your word vs the word of a garda.

j1974

JustAddWater wrote: »

Hi

Got a note on my windshield i'd be receiving a fixed notice for parking illegally today

Grand, except I wasn't. I parked at the side of the road alongside the path, in between a row of cars that were also parked there. No yellow lines, no notice to say no parking. Absolutely nothing at all that says I can't park there

What's the story with this? I honestly park in the correct areas, and don't park all over the place, so if I had seen a no parking sign I wouldn't have parked there!

Any thoughts? Could I go to a garda station and tell them that nowhere does it say I can't park and there are no yellow lines? I also didn't notice anyone else getting anything.

I also checked btw and wasn't blocking any access. Nothing unusual

Thanks

shudve taken pics and used them. or when i doubt, park the whole thing up on the path. All the MAMMIES seem to get away with in the school season, all of them with L plates, shouldnt even be on the road. and those without L plates, I'll bet just took them off!! seriously the guards dont bother their arses calling people up on this type of thing!! but have no problem giving you a ticket in the WRONG!!! *****ers!!

My mam once had to step onto the main road ( a dodgy road at that ) because some dickehead parked his entire truck in the footpath, preventing my mam from getting My niece's buggy through. and when I called the guards, it was still there 5 hours later!!!! oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh:mad:

LordSutch

JustAddWater wrote: »

Hi

Got a note on my windshield i'd be receiving a fixed notice for parking illegally today

Windshield

Is you american of somefing?

alexmcred

Camelot wrote: »

Windshield

Is you american of somefing?

WTF else is he ment to call it?

giant_midget

alexmcred wrote: »

WTF else is he ment to call it?

perhaps a windscreen like everyone else in ireland does....:rolleyes:

Hooch

JustAddWater wrote: »

Hi

Got a note on my windshield i'd be receiving a fixed notice for parking illegally today

Grand, except I wasn't. I parked at the side of the road alongside the path, in between a row of cars that were also parked there. No yellow lines, no notice to say no parking. Absolutely nothing at all that says I can't park there

What's the story with this? I honestly park in the correct areas, and don't park all over the place, so if I had seen a no parking sign I wouldn't have parked there!

Any thoughts? Could I go to a garda station and tell them that nowhere does it say I can't park and there are no yellow lines? I also didn't notice anyone else getting anything.

I also checked btw and wasn't blocking any access. Nothing unusual

Thanks

Firstly......did you perhaps park in a different location before noticing the slip on the window??? IE it could have been put in the day before or hours before? If it was that location is there a continuos white line on the road?? It still surprises me that most drivers do not realise you cannot park where there is a continuos white line on the road......no side markings needed.

Secondly are you sure its the no parking one ticked?? Is the vehicle taxed??

?Cee?view

nice guy always wrote: »

It still surprises me that most drivers do not realise you cannot park where there is a continuos white line on the road......no side markings needed.

...and it's also surprising the amount of people that don't know that you're not allowed to take a turn over a continuous white line (as opposed to overtaking), unless accessing somewhere.

alexmcred

jesusinaglanza wrote: »

perhaps a windscreen like everyone else in ireland does....:rolleyes:

I'd use the two terms fairly often:rolleyes:

djimi

jesusinaglanza wrote: »

perhaps a windscreen like everyone else in ireland does....:rolleyes:

What difference does it make? You know what he was talking about.

LordSutch

Windscreen is the common term here, (and windshield is the american term), same goes for 'bumper' here & 'fender' there, we say bonnet they say 'hood', we say boot & they say trunk, we say petrol & they say gasoline


Allied Irish Windscreens; http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055914159

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R.O.R

Camelot wrote: »

Windscreen is the common term here, (and windshield is the american term), same goes for 'bumper' here & 'fender' there, we say bonnet they say 'hood', we say boot & they say trunk, we say petrol & they say gasoline

Personally, I really couldn't give a f**k as long as I understand what they meant.

And I'm pretty sure everyone can understand what the OP meant.

Thank you for adding so much to the discussion.


OP - did everyone get a ticket or just you?

Esel

nice guy always wrote: »

It still surprises me that most drivers do not realise you cannot park where there is a continuous white line on the road......no side markings needed.

Only if doing so would cause passing traffic to cross the line, surely???