Support city centre shopping?? Not likely to do it again...

gerrymadden1

Needed to do a small bit of shopping this morning and decided to support the city centre instead of going to an outlying mall.
Drove up William Street and eureka, mid way up the street, a car pulls out and I get a handy parking spot. Great start.
On to my ParkMagic app and I book 30 minutes parking. Excellent.
I get delayed in a shop so I need to add 15 minutes to my parking time. So handy.
I get back to the car with a few minutes to spare. There's a yellow ticket flapping under my windscreen wiper.
Apparently, I'd parked in a "loading bay" which I didn't notice when the other car pulled out to let me in.
My own fault for not noticing although I will plead that it can easily happen. I'm quite sure that dozens of drivers are ambushed every day at the same place???
My own stupidity for not going to a shopping mall in the first instance where I'd have an abundance of free parking.
A €40 fine for my indiscretion.
It won't ever happen again.
Limerick Chamber take note!!!

Clareman

So you parked somewhere you shouldn't have parked and all of a sudden it's someone else's fault? Sorry Op, your car, your responsibility to park correctly, I'd say if you parked in a loading bay of a shopping centre you would get a larger fine than €40 by the way.

CONSI

Wife went into town yesterday to get school books, was in town for hour and a half and car park cost 4.10...why would you bother with town anymore...

thesimpsons

And yet if you'd street parked and paid with park magic it would only have cost you 1.50. Or even if you bought books in Tony Clarks they usually have a voucher for parking in Ann street car park when you buy your books. I never fail to get street parking in town. 30 mins for 50c, helping keep city centre & local shops alive.

gerrymadden1

Clareman wrote: »

So you parked somewhere you shouldn't have parked and all of a sudden it's someone else's fault? Sorry Op, your car, your responsibility to park correctly, I'd say if you parked in a loading bay of a shopping centre you would get a larger fine than €40 by the way.

I think you may be missing (or choosing to miss) the sentiment of my post.
I inadvertently parked in a loading bay. Not deliberately. If I was intentionally parking in a no parking area, why would I bother using Park Magic?
It was difficult to discern because I took a space as another car vacated it. I didn't notice the road markings. And, as a matter of interest, there were a number of cars parked in the same area.
Yes. My own fault.
Yes. I'll pay the €40 fine.
And no, I won't be back.

thesimpsons

Just remembered too, if you'd park in the strand hotel you get 90 mins free. Stop complaining people

thesimpsons

You didnt check the road markings or street signs, You could easily have parked in a handicapped place. You didn't check. You can't blame city centre for you own failing.

bazz26

There are plenty of signs on that street outlining loading bays so not intentionally parking in one doesn't really carry much water.

Actually on this topic I wish there was more enforcement of parking on that street. It's an absolute joke at times, lanes being blocked by lazy, ignorant drivers double parking outside Dealz or the Euro Shop while causing a bottle neck the whole way up.

ComfortKid

thesimpsons wrote:

Just remembered too, if you'd park in the strand hotel you get 90 mins free. Stop complaining people

The strand is a bit out of the way if you have a few bags to carry, isn't that out by the maternity?

Cookiemunster

gerrymadden1 wrote: »

I think you may be missing (or choosing to miss) the sentiment of my post.
I inadvertently parked in a loading bay. Not deliberately. If I was intentionally parking in a no parking area, why would I bother using Park Magic?
It was difficult to discern because I took a space as another car vacated it. I didn't notice the road markings. And, as a matter of interest, there were a number of cars parked in the same area.
Yes. My own fault.
Yes. I'll pay the €40 fine.
And no, I won't be back.

You broke the law and were fined for it. It doesn't matter if you knew you were doing it or not. Or where it happened.

thesimpsons

ComfortKid wrote: »

The strand is a bit out of the way if you have a few bags to carry, isn't that out by the maternity?

5 min walk over the bridge from easons, o'mahoney's. Be no longer than a walk through crescent shopping centre to your car.

Cookiemunster

ComfortKid wrote: »

The strand is a bit out of the way if you have a few bags to carry, isn't that out by the maternity?

You've to cross Sarsfield Bridge. It's not that far really.

yop

Hard to miss a loading bay in fairness now OP. As you said yourself "I think you may have choose to miss" the bay.

It will have dotted lines along the outside, a sign to say load bay and then writing along that area of the road with "Load bay" in it....

seachto7

Which reminds me. I must set up a "sh*t parking" Facebook page.

steveon

seachto7 wrote: »

Which reminds me. I must set up a "sh*t parking" Facebook page.

Theres already one running

https://www.facebook.com/pages/You-park-like-a-****-Munster/102839930047697?ref=ts&fref=ts

sorry bout the name but thats what its called...

yop

seachto7 wrote: »

Which reminds me. I must set up a "sh*t parking" Facebook page.

You'll only getting increased blood pressure looking at it! I sit on the 3rd floor of a building with about 20 parking spots visible, outside of doing real work like surfing boards.ie I observe. Some if it is just head shaking stuff.

Mc Love

Ann Street Car Park is a joke for prices!! Prefer to use Summer St now as I've said, its only 1.50 p/h compared to other places!

gerrymadden1

gerrymadden1 wrote: »

Needed to do a small bit of shopping this morning and decided to support the city centre instead of going to an outlying mall.
Drove up William Street and eureka, mid way up the street, a car pulls out and I get a handy parking spot. Great start.
On to my ParkMagic app and I book 30 minutes parking. Excellent.
I get delayed in a shop so I need to add 15 minutes to my parking time. So handy.
I get back to the car with a few minutes to spare. There's a yellow ticket flapping under my windscreen wiper.
Apparently, I'd parked in a "loading bay" which I didn't notice when the other car pulled out to let me in.
My own fault for not noticing although I will plead that it can easily happen. I'm quite sure that dozens of drivers are ambushed every day at the same place???
My own stupidity for not going to a shopping mall in the first instance where I'd have an abundance of free parking.
A €40 fine for my indiscretion.
It won't ever happen again.

So you are refusing to support city centre shopping in future because you parked illegally in a clearly marked and sign posted loading bay and got done for it? Makes perfect sense :rolleyes:

gerrymadden1 wrote: »

Limerick Chamber take note!!!

Of what exactly?

wingnut

Echo sentiments here ignorance or accident does not excuse, in fairness everybody can use that excuse.

I actually find the city center great now with michael street and being able to pay remotely and for as little as 15 mins, much better than Cork or Dublin.

Only issue I would have is why we need sooooo many taxi spaces around the town. If they opened a couple more car parking areas like Michael street on derelict sites it would be great.

Swiper the fox

Jesus Christ, this is actually a thread??
Somebody parks in loading bay and gets a ticket, is now boycotting city centre and looking for sympathy:rolleyes:

wingnut

I call it 'doing a liveline'.

yop

*Mod Note: Good point Swiper, "The death has occurred of thread" *