So I got clamped...how long can the clamp stay on?

De Hipster

Had a look on the DCC and clamping website...not very clear;

Here

After 24 hours, your vehicle could be towed away

If this happens, it will be moved to the city car pound. You will then have to pay a removal and storage charge for each day that it is held. Read the following section to find out what to do if your vehicle is towed away...

Back story

• Have a valid residents parking permit for the area (albeit on previous cars reg plate number, valid until July 2013)
• Bought a new vehicle & planned to update the details...didn't get around to it (I know - may bad etc, - gloaters head elsewhere please)
• One thing led to another & with the best intentions & the longer they clamped in the area & didn't interfere with my vehicle the urgency wained
• Insurance renewal approached - cert is one of the documents they require for this process (letter of cover, disc, etc NOT accepted), was up for renewal...delayed the process further
• Insurance disc arrived this week - existing permit has been in the car for over 6months

Now I have to remove the disc from the vehicle (not that it will pass for valid it seems) to return while DCC update the vehicle details.

I work - so hand delivery is not an option, hourly payments to the local machine is not possible, nor do I have visitor permits.

Basically ...How long can I leave the clamp on the vehicle before they are likely to tow to the pound?


*suck it up posters - AH is ->>>>

antocann

De Hipster wrote: »

Had a look on the DCC and clamping website...not very clear;

Here



Back story

• Have a valid residents parking permit for the area (albeit on previous cars reg plate number, valid until July 2013)
• Bought a new vehicle & planned to update the details...didn't get around to it (I know - may bad etc, - gloaters head elsewhere please)
• One thing led to another & with the best intentions & the longer they clamped in the area & didn't interfere with my vehicle the urgency wained
• Insurance renewal approached - cert is one of the documents they require for this process (letter of cover, disc, etc NOT accepted), was up for renewal...delayed the process further
• Insurance disc arrived this week - existing permit has been in the car for over 6months

Now I have to remove the disc from the vehicle (not that it will pass for valid it seems) to return while DCC update the vehicle details.

I work - so hand delivery is not an option, hourly payments to the local machine is not possible, nor do I have visitor permits.

Basically ...How long can I leave the clamp on the vehicle before they are likely to tow to the pound?


*suck it up posters - AH is ->>>>

not valid sadly

De Hipster

antocann wrote: »

not valid sadly

I know...my bad - accepted. However, I really would like to know if I try to get this sorted tomorrow ...how likely is it that my car wil have been towed by time I get home from work?

Victor

Tow-aways are prioritised roughly as follows:

* Dangerous parking
* Nuisance parking - affecting emergency services
* Nuisance parking - bus lane
* Nuisance parking - other
* Non-payment - high demand area (city centre or streets where residents typically use all the on-street parking)
* Non-payment - low demand area

It is unlikely to be done in the middle of the night if it is a simple matter of not paying in a residential area. They are unlikely to leave a clamped vehicle in a high demand area for much more than a day as it would become a target for crime. It may be repositioned on a quieter street or to the pound. Odds of being towed by tea-time tomorrow, I's say evens.

Phone the council and the clampers. Explain the situation, ask for some visitor permits (about €1-2 per day), get unclamped and sort out the paperwork. Change of details only costs about €10.

De Hipster

Victor wrote: »

Tow-aways are prioritised roughly as follows:

* Dangerous parking
* Nuisance parking - affecting emergency services
* Nuisance parking - bus lane
* Nuisance parking - other
* Non-payment - high demand area (city centre or streets where residents typically use all the on-street parking)
* Non-payment - low demand area

It is unlikely to be done in the middle of the night if it is a simple matter of not paying in a residential area. They are unlikely to leave a clamped vehicle in a high demand area for much more than a day as it would become a target for crime. It may be repositioned on a quieter street or to the pound. Odds of being towed by tea-time tomorrow, I's say evens.

Phone the council and the clampers. Explain the situation, ask for some visitor permits (about €1-2 per day), get unclamped and sort out the paperwork. Change of details only costs about €10.

Thanks Victor - damn nuisance!

Marcusm

It's always worthwhile buying visitors permis and I think it's your best route on this. Really not worth risking a clamp not to mind a tow. I got some residents permits in person down Wood Quay a few years ago, 5 minutes of waiting in queue and 2 minutes to print 20 of them.

De Hipster

I had the visitors permits ...too many visitors!

TJJP

Marcusm wrote: »

It's always worthwhile buying visitors permis and I think it's your best route on this. Really not worth risking a clamp not to mind a tow. I got some residents permits in person down Wood Quay a few years ago, 5 minutes of waiting in queue and 2 minutes to print 20 of them.

Just check this with them before you travel. Not sure that they are doing the over the counter issue of visitor permits anymore. Used to be a walk in job to get the permit changed over, but not anymore so best check up on the visitor permits before you travel as a result.