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Parking Ticket

  • 23-01-2014 10:22am
    #1
    PremierDeise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 259 ✭✭PremierDeise


    I was double parked at 1am outside my workplace. I left in the car and was stopped 5 minutes later by the gardaí about 4 miles away to inform me that I now have a parking ticket being issued in the post - Is this legal as there was no notification of a ticket left on the car and I was stopped in a different location?


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  • #2
    whippet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,718 ✭✭✭whippet


    PremierDeise wrote: »
    I was double parked at 1am outside my workplace. I left in the car and was stopped 5 minutes later by the gardaí about 4 miles away to inform me that I now have a parking ticket being issued in the post - Is this legal as there was no notification of a ticket left on the car and I was stopped in a different location?

    Why would it be illegal ?

    The guard observed you parking illegally and has issued the penalty accordingly.


  • #3
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,773 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Your options are 1. pay the ticket and forget about it or, 2. try and argue that you weren't illegally parked in Court. It's fairly cut-and-dried, this one.


  • #4
    dobman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,539 ✭✭✭dobman88


    Are you sure it was 1am and not 1pm? 1am isn't exactly rush hour so you'd think they could be a bit more lenient whereas 1pm would be fairly busy and you could be in the way.

    Either way if they gave you a ticket, pay it. Not worth the hassle imo.


  • #5
    sawdoubters
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭sawdoubters


    http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=182154


  • #6
    PremierDeise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 259 ✭✭PremierDeise


    dobman88 wrote: »
    Are you sure it was 1am and not 1pm? 1am isn't exactly rush hour so you'd think they could be a bit more lenient whereas 1pm would be fairly busy and you could be in the way.

    Either way if they gave you a ticket, pay it. Not worth the hassle imo.


    1am - Workplace is a bar which I was locking up. The guard in question is known to be a bit of an A-Hole.
    3rd time in 2 weeks he has stopped me for no reason.
    I told him it wasnt me and he was having none of it :)


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  • #7
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    PremierDeise wrote: »
    1am - Workplace is a bar which I was locking up. The guard in question is known to be a bit of an A-Hole.
    3rd time in 2 weeks he has stopped me for no reason.
    I told him it wasnt me and he was having none of it :)

    So you lied to the Garda, well that was a great start. :rolleyes:


  • #8
    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    PremierDeise wrote: »
    1am - Workplace is a bar which I was locking up. The guard in question is known to be a bit of an A-Hole.
    3rd time in 2 weeks he has stopped me for no reason.
    I told him it wasnt me and he was having none of it :)

    Now that you've called him "an A-Hole" I'm sure things will start getting better. :rolleyes: You admit to being double parked, you were caught, /thread?


  • #9
    PremierDeise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 259 ✭✭PremierDeise


    PremierDeise wrote: »
    I was double parked at 1am outside my workplace. I left in the car and was stopped 5 minutes later by the gardaí about 4 miles away to inform me that I now have a parking ticket being issued in the post - Is this legal as there was no notification of a ticket left on the car and I was stopped in a different location?
    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    So you lied to the Garda, well that was a great start. :rolleyes:
    FreudianSlippers wrote: »
    Now that you've called him "an A-Hole" I'm sure things will start getting better. :rolleyes: You admit to being double parked, you were caught, /thread?

    Yes - I was hardly going to admit it :D
    Im not denying being there but I think the way he went about it is a bit strange. He could have waited for me to come out and inform me straight away but instead obviously watched me coming out and then followed me for 4 miles before stopping me :)
    FreudianSlippers - If you only knew :rolleyes:


  • #10
    CarrickMcJoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭CarrickMcJoe


    He probably thought he could get you for drink driving too. Just pay the ticket.


  • #11
    PremierDeise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 259 ✭✭PremierDeise


    CarrickMcJoe wrote: »
    He probably thought he could get you for drink driving too. Just pay the ticket.


    Good point I never thought about that. Didnt realise Im a non drinker so just stuck me with the parking ticket so he could get something outta me :)


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  • #12
    No Pants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,347 ✭✭✭No Pants


    PremierDeise wrote: »
    3rd time in 2 weeks he has stopped me for no reason.
    If there's a guard out looking to get you, then stop giving him reasons to cause you hassle.


  • #13
    Arthur Beesley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭Arthur Beesley


    Did you have your hazard lights on when parked illegally?


  • #14
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    Could someone more authoritative than me maybe put to bed the idea that Gardai get promotions and/or bonuses for enforcing traffic law through issuing fines?

    (And maybe extend that to clampers. It seems to be a common assumption that individual employees of clamping companies get a 'per clamp' commission. No idea if that's in any way true.)


  • #15
    Bepolite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭Bepolite


    Arthur Beesley wrote: »
    Did you have your hazard lights park anywhere lights on when parked illegally?

    FYP


  • #16
    fintonio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭fintonio


    Hi, funny one getting a ticket in tralee while having 18 minutes left on the paid parking disc.I think it must be a genuine mistake but wanted to enquire about best way to handle it?
    The paid parking receipt was on the dash on the passenger side I should point out.
    Advice appreciated on best way to proceed thx


  • #17
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,258 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    fintonio wrote: »
    Hi, funny one getting a ticket in tralee while having 18 minutes left on the paid parking disc.I think it must be a genuine mistake but wanted to enquire about best way to handle it?
    The paid parking receipt was on the dash on the passenger side I should point out.
    Advice appreciated on best way to proceed thx

    Your parking ticket has the location and it's issued time on it. Either the ticket was out of view or the warden was unsighted. There is contact details on the ticket for paying, queries, etc onto the ticket; call them ASAP if it is out of order.


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