Can the guards take action against these cars?

Kintarō Hattori

Hey Folks,





Just wondering if you can give some advice in reference to the cars in these images. They've been 'abandoned' now for some months and it seems nothing is being done about it. I was wondering if I called the Guards stating that they are a hazard and parents with prams are forced into the road, would that encourage the Guards to fine the owner/have them removed? Alternatively stating the same reason are the council required to remove them? They are parked one behind the other.

uck51js9zml2yt

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Hey Folks,





Just wondering if you can give some advice in reference to the cars in these images. They've been 'abandoned' now for some months and it seems nothing is being done about it. I was wondering if I called the Guards stating that they are a hazard and parents with prams are forced into the road, would that encourage the Guards to fine the owner/have them removed? Alternatively stating the same reason are the council required to remove them? They are parked one behind the other.

Call your local council. They'll trace the owner and give them a time to remove them or face scrappage.

You really don't have much luck with parked cars ..do you?

If they had no number plates they'd be lifted.

paddylonglegs

Nikolai Few Tuition wrote: »

Call your local council. They'll trace the owner and give them a time to remove them or face scrappage.

You really don't have much luck with parked cars ..do you?

Called guards before after car was left on road for 10 days. It was causing minor delays. Got it shifted the next day

D3V!L

My estate is full of them. My neighbour even has one outside his house to stop others parking there.

The tax, NCT and insurance are up since the start of the year and it's on 4 flat tyres. Is there anything I can do about it ?

Kintarō Hattori

Nikolai Few Tuition wrote: »

Call your local council. They'll trace the owner and give them a time to remove them or face scrappage.

You really don't have much luck with parked cars ..do you?

Ha, thankfully this isn't by me but a little further down the road. However the missus takes our little one walking that way hence why I'm asking.

Augeo wrote: »

If they had no number plates they'd be lifted.

Can't be doing that I'm afraid. Loads of homes have CCTV.

Ashbx

Im not sure how diligent they are but you can report them here:

http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-your-council/isupport

Kintarō Hattori

Ashbx wrote: »

Im not sure how diligent they are but you can report them here:

http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-your-council/isupport

I just called the council who say it's the responsibility of the Guards. I'll call the Guards who'll say it's the responsibility of the council.

Kimbot

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

I just called the council who say it's the responsibility of the Guards. I'll call the Guards who'll say it's the responsibility of the council.

If there is no reg plates: Council
If there are reg plates: Guards

Thats the way I remember it been

bazz26

I'd be talking to my local councilor and bring the matter to the attention of the local news media if that goes on deaf ears. Get a reporter down to take photos and write an article in the local newspaper about it. You would be surprised what a bit of publicity like that can do to motivate the relevant authorities into action. Emphasize that the BMW with the broken rear windscreen should be seen as a safety issue with kids playing in a housing estate. Not to mind the fact that they are parked illegally on footpaths blocking wheelchair access too.

lawred2

D3V!L wrote: »

My estate is full of them. My neighbour even has one outside his house to stop others parking there.

The tax, NCT and insurance are up since the start of the year and it's on 4 flat tyres. Is there anything I can do about it ?

use your fire and brimstone and set it alight

bazz26

bazz26 wrote: »

................ Not to mind the fact that they are parked illegally on footpaths blocking wheelchair access too.

Maybe potentially hindering fire truck access too.

Kimbot

Augeo wrote: »

Maybe potentially hindering fire truck access too.

And ambulances.

zilog_jones

I saw an obviously abandoned car being towed away earlier this week. It had no number plates.

ION08

Question regarding the whole "no number plates" spiel which I always hear in these type of scenarios

What if the registration number is visible on the discs inside the window - will the council still tow it on the basis of no physical number plates?

ION08

ION08 wrote: »

................ will the council still tow it on the basis of no physical number plates?

Yup, strangely enough.

uck51js9zml2yt

We used to get people coming into the motor tax office fairly frequently about getting letters from the council of parked cars.

Marcusm

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Ha, thankfully this isn't by me but a little further down the road. However the missus takes our little one walking that way hence why I'm asking.



Can't be doing that I'm afraid. Loads of homes have CCTV.

HAs the estate been taken in charge by the local authority? If not then it's private property and neither the gardai nor the local authority have any responsibility or entitlement to deal with the vehicles. If they have been taken in charge and the tax is out for 2 months or more then they can be lifted and you should plague the barracks or the LA office until it happens. They outsource it so the only responsibility not he gardai or the LA is to call up the outsource provider, i.e.it's not wasting their time or diverting their resources.

Ashbx

Marcusm wrote: »

HAs the estate been taken in charge by the local authority? If not then it's private property and neither the gardai nor the local authority have any responsibility or entitlement to deal with the vehicles. If they have been taken in charge and the tax is out for 2 months or more then they can be lifted and you should plague the barracks or the LA office until it happens. They outsource it so the only responsibility not he gardai or the LA is to call up the outsource provider, i.e.it's not wasting their time or diverting their resources.

I thought if the car was untaxed (regardless of how long its been expired) and was on a public road (i.e. not in a driveway even if it is deemed a private estate) then its illegally parked and can be removed.

D3V!L

lawred2 wrote: »

use your fire and brimstone and set it alight

With the whole Catholic church fiasco in recent years people have stopped believing in me so my powers are dwindling.

I may just call DCC and see if they can lift it :pac:

alexonhisown

Ashbx wrote: »

I thought if the car was untaxed (regardless of how long its been expired) and was on a public road (i.e. not in a driveway even if it is deemed a private estate) then its illegally parked and can be removed.

I am also interested in this. Lots of cars dumped in my estate, so far only the main street has been taken in charge by CC.

I think it is someone who is "buying the cars for cash" but has nowhere to keep them all. They just appear overnight, with flat tyres, so they are not driven here, they are transported and dumped.

They have no tax, ins or nct and are taking up parking spaces.

Harry Palmr

I have two such vehicles on my suburban estate road, both are small, cheap and quietly rotting away.

Marcusm

Ashbx wrote: »

I thought if the car was untaxed (regardless of how long its been expired) and was on a public road (i.e. not in a driveway even if it is deemed a private estate) then its illegally parked and can be removed.

alexonhisown wrote: »

I am also interested in this. Lots of cars dumped in my estate, so far only the main street has been taken in charge by CC.

I think it is someone who is "buying the cars for cash" but has nowhere to keep them all. They just appear overnight, with flat tyres, so they are not driven here, they are transported and dumped.

They have no tax, ins or nct and are taking up parking spaces.

An untaxed car can be fined from the first day but it cannot be seized until the tax is more than 2 months out of date. An untaxed car with an identifiable owner is the responsibility for f the Gardai. An unidentifiable car (no plates) is regarded as abandoned and the responsibility of the lady cal authority - it's rubbish effectively. Cars left on private property result in a civil dispute between the owner of the car and of the land.

DaveyDave

The Gardai don't care if a car is untaxed. They told me they'd have to "catch them in a checkpoint" which is bollocks. There's two abandoned outside my apartment taking valuable parking spaces. One is UK reg, covered in webs, flat tyre and hasn't been touched in over a year. Another car next to it with no legal documents since 2016. Possibly declared off the road but who knows.

Someone came knocking on everyone's door asking to buy them but nobody knew who owned it. The fecker doesn't even live here and it hasn't been touched. It's frustrating coming home after work not having anywhere to park outside my own apartment. I had to leave the car at my ma's house down the road because there's double/single yellows around the complex.

I'll have to contact the council to see if it's even private property.

Hopefully you'll have more luck and not just be told there's nothing to be done or for them to point fingers at who has to do it.

NIMAN

"it's a disgrace Joe"

Marcusm

DaveyDave wrote: »

The Gardai don't care if a car is untaxed. They told me they'd have to "catch them in a checkpoint" which is bollocks. There's two abandoned outside my apartment taking valuable parking spaces. One is UK reg, covered in webs, flat tyre and hasn't been touched in over a year. Another car next to it with no legal documents since 2016. Possibly declared off the road but who knows.

Someone came knocking on everyone's door asking to buy them but nobody knew who owned it. The fecker doesn't even live here and it hasn't been touched. It's frustrating coming home after work not having anywhere to park outside my own apartment. I had to leave the car at my ma's house down the road because there's double/single yellows around the complex.

I'll have to contact the council to see if it's even private property.

Hopefully you'll have more luck and not just be told there's nothing to be done or for them to point fingers at who has to do it.

If they're private parking spaces at your apartment block, the gardai have no authority over them even if they are untaxed. Neither does the local authority. That is a matter for the OMC.

phill106

Children have no culpability in relation to legal matters. Children can be surprisingly dexterous with a screwdriver to remove two screws....
Kids games eh, they do the funniest things.