Illegal parking in city

kcb

i can't help but notice a few interesting examples of illegal parking that seems to be accepted

While I search for a proper parking space it seems those that throw their cars up on a footpath are fine

Examples:

Always 2 or 3 cars on footpath outside that Velo cafe place, presumably the owners/staff of cafe

By gate of Beamish and Crawford

Coal Quay plaza is the famous one

And as we're at it, how many years is that red Corpo trailer left at the river side of road on Sullivan's Quay

the beer revolu

Yup, parking with all 4 wheels on the footpath has become a thing. See it all the time at the start of Pope's Quay and in Blackpool too.
Cornmarket St / Coal Quay drives me mad every weekend.
Bike lanes seem to be fair game too.

Lia_lia

I live on the North Mall and the bike lane is often full of cars. Especially when there is a funeral on. Fair enough you need somewhere to park, but Cathedral road for example often has lots of spaces, it's up the road. I often can't find parking but still wouldn't park on the bike lane.

kcb

The lawyer folk seem to be allowed park on the footpaths all around the courthouse

Down the side of the old tax office is another favourite for the footpath parkers

Also what's the story with Loading Areas... Are vans belong to The Wine Buff, for example, allowed park their all day long

the beer revolu

kcb wrote: »

The lawyer folk seem to be allowed park on the footpaths all around the courthouse

Down the side of the old tax office is another favourite for the footpath parkers

Also what's the story with Loading Areas... Are vans belong to The Wine Buff, for example, allowed park their all day long

Oh yeah, the courthouse one is interesting all right. I guess if you're pals with the guards.....

Loading bay is supposed to give you 30 minutes

TheChizler

Courthouse footpath is private property I'm told so if they're there with permission they're doing nothing wrong.

It's the parking in cycle lanes and blocking emergency exits that really gets me.

ofcork

People seem to always park private cars in the loading bays on the grand parade during the week and always end up being ticketed,do they not read the signs.

ofcork

Just saw on the examiner 75 parking fines a day handed out last year in cork city.

CHealy

It seems to be only city center, the amount of double yellow parking I see around Capwell in particular is incredible, and leads to massive backups daily. Corks streets were made for horse and cart and haven't been altered accordingly to suit cars and the parking of them.

roundymac

ofcork wrote: »

Just saw on the examiner 75 parking fines a day handed out last year in cork city.

Ya, but are they being collected?

twowheelsonly

kcb wrote: »

The lawyer folk seem to be allowed park on the footpaths all around the courthouse

AFAIK there's poles on the footpaths there now to prevent most of that. Bad parking there creates a nightmare for Prison and Garda vans !!

For the ultimate experience in bad parking head down around Pairc ui Rinn any time there's a game on. Footpaths, green areas, double yellows, cycle lanes and across house entrances are all fair game. The bend by the funeral home is the worst of the lot.

ofcork

roundymac wrote: »

Ya, but are they being collected?

Yes according to the article just saw a few cars being ticketed on grand parade parked in loadind bays,can they not read?

Att vara en hest

Cars in the bike lanes are getting quite annoying... But Gardai doesn't seem to do anything about it.

I'd love to do something like this:
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Atlantic Dawn

Have you checked what's wrote on the tax discs, that's what the clampers check first before placing a clamp on, it's the first thing they learn in their job.

FrStone

TheChizler wrote: »

Courthouse footpath is private property I'm told so if they're there with permission they're doing nothing wrong.

I also notice that, the legal people are able to park behind the courthouse without a parking disc all day every day.

Even if the footpath is private property they have no entitlement to park on it. There is no legal enterance to it off the road.

kingtut

Every Sunday the motorbike parking at the end of South mall is completely full of cars (the cars parked at the end pretty much end up blocking one entire lane!!). I walk past almost every Sunday and have yet to see a ticket on one of them.

Love it if they put up the barrier things like they have for the motorbike parking near opera lane.

kcb

kingtut wrote: »

Every Sunday the motorbike parking at the end of South mall is completely full of cars (the cars parked at the end pretty much end up blocking one entire lane!!). I walk past almost every Sunday and have yet to see a ticket on one of them..

Good call on that one. Very annoying, even for someone who doesn't need a bike space!

They should be towed away as it is stopping bikes from parking legitimately. I wonder would anything happen if a call was made by a cyclist.

whisky_galore

kcb wrote: »

I wonder would anything happen if a call was made by a cyclist.

Unless the cyclist was armed and picking off people at random, most likely nothing.

kcb

An SUV parked on the courthouse plaza this evening, and it seems had managed to lift one of the railings out of the ground to accommodate it. Handy to know the right people.

A couple more on the footpath down the side. Not a bother.

Nearly got mowed down later ON Paul St plaza by a car heading to that new Ali Kitchen cafe. Fair play to her.

Oafley Jones

kingtut wrote: »

Every Sunday the motorbike parking at the end of South mall is completely full of cars (the cars parked at the end pretty much end up blocking one entire lane!!). I walk past almost every Sunday and have yet to see a ticket on one of them.

Love it if they put up the barrier things like they have for the motorbike parking near opera lane.

And you won't. Traffic wardens don't work most Sundays and the Gardai don't leave a paper ticket.

ROY RACE

kcb wrote: »

Good call on that one. Very annoying, even for someone who doesn't need a bike space!

They should be towed away as it is stopping bikes from parking legitimately. I wonder would anything happen if a call was made by a cyclist.

Revenge of the car owner from those cycle pods that have taken up half available parking areas . would have no problem throwing my car up on it.:P

ofcork

On the echo today the council are finally doing something about the illegal parking in the coal quay.

kcb

ofcork wrote: »

On the echo today the council are finally doing something about the illegal parking in the coal quay.

Good to hear. Finally.

It'd be interesting to know why. It's hardly for the benefit of the pedestrian or for any actual good reason. Must be some grant in jeopardy or something.

ofcork

I was walking there on Sunday and 3 cars drove up on the plaza forcing me and others to get out of their way.

kcb

ofcork wrote: »

I was walking there on Sunday and 3 cars drove up on the plaza forcing me and others to get out of their way.

And all within a doughnuts throw of the Garda station. Astonishing.

Lia_lia

The other day the whole bike lane on the north mall was full of cars because of a funeral. It's the same almost every evening! I feel bad for the people that cycle and want to use the lane.

opus

ofcork wrote: »

On the echo today the council are finally doing something about the illegal parking in the coal quay.

Great to hear, it gets mental there some days, walking in the middle of the road would almost be safer!

Lia_lia wrote: »

The other day the whole bike lane on the north mall was full of cars because of a funeral. It's the same almost every evening! I feel bad for the people that cycle and want to use the lane.

Used to cycle along that way every evening but stay on the other side of the river now as never have to worry about parked cars there.

28srf0c

How do they actually get away with parking on the Cornmarket Garda station plaza thing? It says Garda access only.

ofcork

Garda access is to do with cutting across the plaza to the bridewell.

dudara

First off, I'm from Cork, but living in Dublin. Every time time I go back home I am quite amused by the cavalier attitude to parking in Cork. It's somewhat akin to "throw the handbrake on, get out". Parking near GAA grounds on match day is near farcical. I pity the poor residents.

Its a pity that they stopped clamping in Cork. Like it or not, clamping is the reason why parking discipline exists in Dublin.

Lia_lia

Just saw a Garda walking around the cornmarket/coal quay area with a notebook going up to the parked cars. All getting fines I reckon. Delighted!

kcb

Lia_lia wrote: »

Just saw a Garda walking around the cornmarket/coal quay area with a notebook going up to the parked cars. All getting fines I reckon. Delighted!

Good to hear. Hopefully they'll all get a nice fine.

Some fine illegal parking on yellow lines along Georges Quay and along further outside Sober Lane also. Not a bother to them.

Oafley Jones

Lia_lia wrote: »

Just saw a Garda walking around the cornmarket/coal quay area with a notebook going up to the parked cars. All getting fines I reckon. Delighted!

This is nothing new. I used to live on the coal quay for three years. Nearly every Sunday the Gardai were out ticketing. They'd often do two or three sweeps a day.

Lia_lia

Oafley Jones wrote: »

This is nothing new. I used to live on the coal quay for three years. Nearly every Sunday the Gardai were out ticketing. They'd often do two or three sweeps a day.

Yet so many people still park there, mad!

Oafley Jones

Lia_lia wrote: »

Yet so many people still park there, mad!

It's the lack of visibility of enforcement. The Gardai don't leave tickets. Even if they go out three times, they're only seen taking down numbers for ten minutes maximum. Unless you witness this you're not going to see a deterrent. I've watched literally hundreds of cars getting ticketed from my apartment when I lived there, but even that's a relatively tiny number in the grand scheme of things.

farmerjj

Lia_lia wrote: »

Just saw a Garda walking around the cornmarket/coal quay area with a notebook going up to the parked cars. All getting fines I reckon. Delighted!

What is the problem with people parking there on a sunday?(I know its illegal but I,m asking as practically reason?) Waste of space I feel.

Oafley Jones

farmerjj wrote: »

What is the problem with people parking there on a sunday?(I know its illegal but I,m asking as practically reason?) Waste of space I feel.

Besides being extremely dangerous... I've seen kids (adults as well) nearly get run over. People in wheelchairs unable to get to the pedestrian crossing. They spent a fortune on it and cars cause damages. They block the entrance to business.

Lia_lia

Oafley Jones wrote: »

It's the lack of visibility of enforcement. The Gardai don't leave tickets.

They did leave tickets today. Or some kind of piece of paper anyway with a big Garda logo on it. I was sitting outside the Parlour cafe having lunch and witnessed a few people park their cars and then after noticing the paper on windscreens of other cars drove off again!

farmerjj

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Besides being extremely dangerous... I've seen kids (adults as well) nearly get run over. People in wheelchairs unable to get to the pedestrian crossing. They spent a fortune on it and cars cause damages. They block the entrance to business.

Extremely dangerous:rolleyes: Your opinion on extreme is a little bit different from mine ,i would think parking on a motorway as extremely dangerous not parking on that waste of space.

the beer revolu

farmerjj wrote: »

Extremely dangerous:rolleyes: Your opinion on extreme is a little bit different from mine ,i would think parking on a motorway as extremely dangerous not parking on that waste of space.

That waste of space is an amenity for pedestrians - many of whom drive. A place to stroll without having to dodge reversing cars. A place in the city centre where kids should safely be able to be a bit less restrained. A space for market traders. A space for relaxation away from traffic.
It was created at great expense to be the above, not to be a free car park for the ignorant, selfish driver.

As a pedestrian, I tend to not walk in the road (except when ignorant parkers force me to).
As I driver, I tend to not drive or park on footpaths.

flo8s967qjh0nd

ofcork wrote: »

On the echo today the council are finally doing something about the illegal parking in the coal quay.

Any idea how they are doing this? Bollards? Barriers?
I always think it's a sad state of affairs that we have to spend money caging off footpaths so moronic drivers don't park on them.

kcb

farmerjj wrote: »

Extremely dangerous:rolleyes: Your opinion on extreme is a little bit different from mine ,i would think parking on a motorway as extremely dangerous not parking on that waste of space.

I don't know if you're on a windup or what - it seems not !

To be honest it's that sort of "era sure it's grand" attitude that creates the problem in the first place. Most people parked up there don't see any issue with it. I suppose they might change their mind if it was their child that was ploughed down on a pedestrian plaza.

ofcork

@MrTea the article didnt say i assume bollards and some auto ones to facilitate the traders,as i said earlier i had to move out of the way recently as a guy drove on the plaza like he was on the road.

the beer revolu

Sullivan Dry Squeamishness wrote: »

Any idea how they are doing this? Bollards? Barriers?
I always think it's a sad state of affairs that we have to spend money caging off footpaths so moronic drivers don't park on them.

They've put bicycle stands on either side of the access lane to the Garda station and they have temporary bollards across the other trader access. I guess they'll put removable bollards there.

BullBlackNova

Sullivan Dry Squeamishness wrote: »

Any idea how they are doing this? Bollards? Barriers?
I always think it's a sad state of affairs that we have to spend money caging off footpaths so moronic drivers don't park on them.

They have put bike racks in place.

Article in the Echo said that removable bollards will be added and the Council are going to put in street furniture, i.e. benches, large potted plants, etc. in the coming weeks/months.

FrStone

BullBlackNova wrote: »

They have put bike racks in place.

Article in the Echo said that removable bollards will be added and the Council are going to put in street furniture, i.e. benches, large potted plants, etc. in the coming weeks/months.

Well at least they are doing something with it. It's the biggest waste of space going at the moment - it might as well be a car park.

BullBlackNova

FrStone wrote: »

Well at least they are doing something with it. It's the biggest waste of space going at the moment - it might as well be a car park.

Yeah it is a waste. I think the Council originally saw a bigger demand for market stalls, etc there. Between farmers markets and a few other things popping up during the week, the idea was that it would be full several days a week but it never panned out as such.

A seating area with some greenery could be nice.

opus

BullBlackNova wrote: »

They have put bike racks in place.

Article in the Echo said that removable bollards will be added and the Council are going to put in street furniture, i.e. benches, large potted plants, etc. in the coming weeks/months.

These are the bike racks that have appeared.

TheChizler

opus wrote: »

These are the bike racks that have appeared.

Obstructions for the sake of it but sure what harm!

By that I mean their function as bike stands is secondary to their function as bollards. Don't see a demand for racks particularly in that area, Apple maybe?

whisky_galore

TheChizler wrote: »

Obstructions for the sake of it but sure what harm!

By that I mean their function as bike stands is secondary to their function as bollards. Don't see a demand for racks particularly in that area, Apple maybe?

Would be reluctant to lock a bike onto fairly isolated looking stands...safety in numbers and all that.

TheChizler

whisky_galore wrote: »

Would be reluctant to lock a bike onto fairly isolated looking stands...safety in numbers and all that.

I suppose on market days it will be fairly busy.