Your own pictures of bad parking **WITH CHAT**

Hotblack Desiato

one way street?

Arnout

And we have a winner. Right here (where the black Polo is parked): https://goo.gl/maps/HxfFwE97CFyqpfg37

muffler

Maybe he/she reversed up the street!!!

harmless

Why would anyone pay and display when you can drive 80m down the road and park on the footpath for free with zero consequences.

You need to get in nice and close to a pole like this to prevent those pesky parents with buggies from getting too close.

peneau

This afternoon

J_R

Lane off High Street, Sligo

muffler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120494938#Comment_120494938

I can see some sort of yellow sticker/paper on the windscreen. Hopefully it's a parking ticket.

J_R

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120495173#Comment_120495173

Yes, it's a ticket. 😀

Hotblack Desiato

Should've been towed (and crushed into a cube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm7W1jxwCKU&pp=ygUdb25lIGhvdXIgdG8gcGljayB1cCB5b3VyIGN1YmU%3D

harmless

Down to Earth but Up to no Good. Only able bodied people can pass, no disabled or children in prams!

The second pic is where the van is parked every evening until the morning, lots of parents with young children live locally.

You'd think the company logo would give some incentive to behave.

Will the Garda traffic reporting portal put an end to this if it ever goes live?

Hotblack Desiato

They know they'd be totally overwhelmed with reports. They can't even cope with the 999 calls they get ffs...

neris

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muffler

The new style of parking at the Supervalu car park in Ballybofey is to try and get the car centred over a white line. Got 2 here for the price of 1. If I said it was women who parked both cars Id get slaughtered so I wont mention it.

Sir Galahad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120539572#Comment_120539572

Donegal is like Mumbai when it comes to driving. It's like a third world country in driving terms.

muffler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120539954#Comment_120539954

and that has what to do with the topic?

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120540219#Comment_120540219

No more than the fact that these two were women drivers, in fairness

Duvet Day

Blatantly taking up 2 spaces is very annoying but I can understand it if you're minding your car as shop carparks are notorious for people that don't give a s**t about other people's cars( not condoning it but understand it and may have done it) but what drives me insane is people parking on the lines. No way will I squeeze in when I know they'll come back and bang doors and trolleys off my car, it's every bit as bad as parking in the middle of 2 spaces imo, maybe even worse tbh.

Strumms

Seen worse but still....

A lady came back to the car minus a child.. looking like a drunk dolly parton..off the center of that space by 5 feet and making the wheelchair/accessible space unusable at worse... dangerous for anyone with a disability at best..

DaveyDave

Parent and child spaces are just a courtesy, no requirement for them to have children. Most people won't take advantage of them but people are generally disgustingly lazy and will abuse them to park next to the door rather than park 50m away. Most people that park in them in my local Tesco never have children with them or just an empty car seat.

muffler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120567913#Comment_120567913

But the spaces were marked out for a reason much the same as disabled parking bays. I believe the laws cant be enforced when these bays are located on private property such as supermarkets and shopping centres etc but you need to be a bit of bollix to to use them when not entitled to.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120568003#Comment_120568003

If you mean Parent and Children spots, there is no entitlement or lack of entitlement in their use. They carry no legal weight whatsoever regardless of being in private property or pubic.

Arnout

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120567913#Comment_120567913

Or children that are old enough to be well capable of getting in and out of the car themselves.

carbuncle

Busy aldi carpark, merc was there when I arrived and still there when I left. The full 4 spaces.

Not sure why it’s sideways.

AndrewJRenko

It's not just that he parked on the footpath, he parked on the one bit of the footpath that is dished, to accommodate wheelchair users, parents pushing buggies, people using walking frames and more. I guess it was just too much effort to reverse back a little bit.

Probably one of the builders working on the house at the corner.

Mundo7976

Me thinks tesla drivers are the new bmw drivers.

Not a disabled person in sight & its not the first time I've noticed how entitled they feel they are!

Outside a SuperValu this morning.

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120601331#Comment_120601331

Definitely the new a$$holes on the road. So many of them adore Elon like he is infallible but I digress.

DaveyDave

I haven't noticed Tesla drivers to drive like they own the road and there's plenty of them around where I live. Honestly haven't noticed any EVs driving like they own the road. Still the same twats in their 10-15 year old shítbox diesels.

bmc58

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120568003#Comment_120568003

Fits the Audi drivers to a tee.

Dtp1979

More of this needed

POBox19

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120628854#Comment_120628854

Leaves plenty of room to park the shopping trolleys on either side!

De Bhál

nothing in the driveway, just couldn't be arsed driving it in that extra 4 metres

Timfy

Where to begin? Parked on a (semi) roundabout, double yellows, obstructing traffic flow and just in front of a zebra crossing!!! Stayed there for a good thirty minutes.

Be right back

^^ Parking properly is only for Plebs.

Hotblack Desiato

Clifden. Lovely town but they just park anywhere.

Larbre34

I don't think Tesla drivers have a sense of entitlement necessarily. The fact they have bought into the hype and purchased a truly awful car, shows its more likely that they are just dumb.

AndrewJRenko

Why bother parking my wankpanzer in an actual parking bay when I can just stop and walk away?

I thought it was the guy using the ATM at first, but no, it wasn't.

Supervalu Knocklyon.

Garzard

That's a regular one in that Supervalu, always parked in that area anytime I've seen. Meant to get a photo before.

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120641369#Comment_120641369

Possibly staff or shop owner then?

Garzard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120641641#Comment_120641641

I've seen it 5-6 times in the last year and I'm in that Supervalu regularly, sometimes gone when I've come back out so assume they're just a customer.

callaway92

Not sure if the pictures do it justice, but Shannon Airport (extra) parking area

Car literally on the road. Doesn’t look great especially when other cars have clear but I’d say it was carnage when full

Miscreant

That must've rolled out of a space! There is no way someone just dumped it there.... although, nothing would surprise me any more.

hoodie6029

Reminds me of that Citroen CX that was abandoned in Cork Airport for years. This photo has the same forlorn vibe of the Citroen when they tarmaced around it.

Dtp1979

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120642482#Comment_120642482

Pilot was runnng late

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120643686#Comment_120643686

Are there pics anywhere? Why wasn't it towed away?

AndrewJRenko

Sudden outbreak of “inability to park” disease at Centra Ballinteer. Wear masks and gloves to avoid cross infection.

1a) Micra on double yellows 

1b) Large Volvo blocking 2/3rds footpath, no room for a wheelchair 

2) Toyota centred on two spaces 

3) Hyundai well over the line 

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120645865#Comment_120645865

It must be from about 12 plus years ago. I’ll do a bit of searching and see what I turn up.

Sir Galahad

Benahavis, Spain. When one space isn’t enough 😎

Hotblack Desiato

In Ireland that'd be outside a chipper 😋

Hotblack Desiato

Couldn't believe this when I had to pop out earlier. I wouldn't usually be in favour of blocking out reg nos. but the VW belongs to a neighbour. Don't recognise the Kia but strongly suspect it's the one at fault here. It was parked with all the windows open a crack, and drove off about 15 mins later.

Was JUST about able to squeeze past. But an ambulance wouldn't, and due to the average age around here they are frequent callers.

I know we are rightly not fans of pavement parking here, but just in case it's not 100% clear, the Kia is fully in the road.

Feckin' ridiculous and whoever parked second here needs to put their licence into a shredder.