Parking fine while delivering

cav93

I drive a food delivery van, and at times there are just no where to park near the customers shop, and with time being Of The essence, no time to drive round looking for a space, no normal parks or loading bays free. But with a taxi rank beside the shop, I park there for 2 mins and come back out to find a ticket. My employer has agreed to deal with the ticket, but I'm wondering has anyone any experience of this and is there a case for appeal. It's simply a case of parking there for 2 mins or spend god knows how long driving round a busy town like blackrock looking for a space. And it would make for costly delivering if I was to be ticketed every time I couldnt get into a loading bay.

Speedwell

I have a strong suspicion that if you admit to having done it, an appeal will be useless. They're not going to say, "Oh, well, everyone does it, so this time we can ignore the road markings and pretend you didn't". Everyone does do it, but it's still a risky business. There may well be scope for lenience or mercy in the punishment part, but that's between you, your employer, your solicitor, and law enforcement.

Isambard

it's actually simply a case of obstructing a taxi rank. No grounds for appeal

I think you must have been there for a good bit longer than 2 minutes anyway

howiya

In your post you admit not bothering to look around for an alternative place to park. Not sure how you'd have a case to appeal.

The Garda twitter account was highlighting delivery vans parked in a cycle lane yesterday so there could be more enforcement of illegal parking in the city centre going forward.

boardsuser1

OP, will your employer pay it for you?

A former employer of mine paid all fines incurred by drivers except those attracting penalty points.

magicbastarder

howiya wrote: »

The Garda twitter account was highlighting delivery vans parked in a cycle lane yesterday so there could be more enforcement of illegal parking in the city centre going forward.

that was a funny one, it was a van which had actually squeezed itself up on the inside of bollards which were clearly there to prevent motor vehicles from entering the cycle lane. unfortunately, there's no evidence in the tweet that the driver was actually fined:

https://twitter.com/GardaTraffic/status/939090792320327680

BowSideChamp

I wish the Gardai spend even one morning enforcing the bus lane on Camden St. Every morning delivery drivers from Age Action & Tesco parked on bus lane blocking all traffic.

_Brian

cav93 wrote: »

I drive a good delivery van, and at times there are just no where to park near the customers shop, and with time being Of The essence, no time to drive round looking for a space, no normal parks or loading bays free. But with a taxi rank beside the shop, I park there for 2 mins and come back out to find a ticket. My employer has agreed to deal with the ticket, but I'm wondering has anyone any experience of this and is there a case for appeal. It's simply a case of parking there for 2 mins or spend god knows how long driving round a busy town like blackrock looking for a space. And it would make for costly delivering if I was to be ticketed every time I couldnt get into a loading bay.

Have to say delivery drivers are in quite a difficult position as few places have suitable unloading bays.
Now, there are also lots that abandon a can as close to the target as possible with no effort made to look for safe parking.

The law is the law, 1 minute, 2 minutes or 15 minutes, it’s all breaking the law and so risking a fine.

ted1

There’s a reason why dominos use Honda 50s, op what size are your orders ? Do you need a van?

Wishbone Ash

BowSideChamp wrote: »

I wish the Gardai spend even one morning enforcing the bus lane on Camden St. Every morning delivery drivers from Age Action & Tesco parked on bus lane blocking all traffic.

It's perfectly legal if actively loading or unloading for a specific period of time if there are no other options available.

GM228

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

It's perfectly legal if actively loading or unloading for a specific period of time if there are no other options available.

Only for single/double yellow lines (for 30 min max), not for bus lanes.

boardsuser1

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

It's perfectly legal if actively loading or unloading for a specific period of time if there are no other options available.

Yeah, had this last year at a bus stop in Cork city centre.

Had to make a delivery but had nowhere to park the damn thing,so i parked in a bus stop.

Got an ear full from bus drivers about it but when the traffic warden came along he was sympathetic.

Cars were parked illegally in the loading bay so he dealt with them.

The other alternative was to not make the delivery and risk an ear full from your boss or the client.

ED E

GM228 wrote: »

Only for single/double yellow lines (for 30 min max), not for bus lanes.

Or Clearways which 95% of the arterial routes are.

BowSideChamp

GM228 wrote: »

Only for single/double yellow lines (for 30 min max), not for bus lanes.

It's amazing that the city is going to spend €100m's on BusConnect when we can't even enforce the Bus Lanes atm.

punisher5112

Bus stop is the same as parking in a disabled spot in my eyes.

Bus can only stop to pick up drop off in bus designated stops but yet the abuse is unreal.

So many places I see this been done and one would only have to go 15 to 20 feet away or down a side road out of the way.