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Another Sinn Fein blunder?
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gormdubhgorm wrote: »Just curious what is the reason behind you repeatedly putting the first word in Sinn Féin in capitals.
Is it an in-joke that that I have missed?
Nothing sinister Gorm, predictive text for Sinn Fein , was too lazy to change it.
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I don't really think this thread went the way the OP envisaged it might go.
Prob two things will result.from it imo.
1 - people who would never vote for Sinn Fein still never will.
2 - due to the thread being dropped into AH with its higher traffic flow, a lot more people now may be aware that private clampers have as much legal clout / jurisdiction to put a foreign object on their car as a goat in a wet suit has - ie none.
Just dont park like an arsehole to begin with, and you should have no problems.
However if you come back to discover some clown in a high vis jacket has placed a device on your vehicle that is preventing you from moving, please think twice about making a payment to the company responsible, more often than not they're skirting around the ages of what is considered legal anyway, with an appeals process that is a sham and exists only in name - so even if you have done nothing wrong you're very unlikely to get your cash back.
Even calling them up to give a credit card payment means calling a premium telephone number where your charged an exorbitant amount per minute plus another exorbitant amount masked as a "card fee" because you paid by card (how else can you make a payment to a machine over the phone?)
Remove the clamp yourself, or call a friend or family member to help you out if you don't know how to.
Here's a helpful article from Micks Garage.ie that gives detailed instructions on how to go about removing a clamp.
In thr article organisations such as the AA say the following about clamping:The AA also finds it unacceptable that private clampers and the landowners who are their clients present themselves as being of equal legitimacy with clamping that is carried out under the direction of the local authority. They are not.
Signs frequently mention a parking ‘fine’ for example. A fine is an amount of money paid as a penalty for a criminal or civil infraction and may only be imposed in accordance with the law. A car owner who parks on private land where there is an implied right of access, such as a car park, cannot be held to be in breach of the law. The motorist might be held to be at fault in a civil matter with respect to the limitations that the land-owner has declared for allowing access to his property; then again he might not and it could ultimately require a civil action to rule on the matter.
Just bear in mind that state bodies such as councils etc can indeed legally clamp you - but at least you have a proper and fair appeals process to go through should you feel you have been clamped in the wrong.
Don't forget to send the OP A small token of thanks for creating this thread and inadvertently get that message out there and maybe preventing you from parting with your hard earned cash.
/raises his mug of coffee to Brenner.
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Johnny Dogs wrote: »I don't really think this thread went the way the OP envisaged it might go.
Prob two things will result.from it imo.
1 - people who would never vote for Sinn Fein still never will.
2 - due to the thread being dropped into AH with its higher traffic flow, a lot more people now may be aware that private clampers have as much legal clout / jurisdiction to put a foreign object on their car as a goat in a wet suit has - ie none.
Just dont park like an arsehole to begin with, and you should have no problems.
However if you come back to discover some clown in a high vis jacket has placed a device on your vehicle that is preventing you from moving, please think twice about making a payment to the company responsible, more often than not they're skirting around the ages of what is considered legal anyway, with an appeals process that is a sham and exists only in name - so even if you have done nothing wrong you're very unlikely to get your cash back.
Even calling them up to give a credit card payment means calling a premium telephone number where your charged an exorbitant amount per minute plus another exorbitant amount masked as a "card fee" because you paid by card (how else can you make a payment to a machine over the phone?)
Remove the clamp yourself, or call a friend or family member to help you out if you don't know how to.
Here's a helpful article from Micks Garage.ie that gives detailed instructions on how to go about removing a clamp.
In thr article organisations such as the AA say the following about clamping:
Just bear in mind that state bodies such as councils etc can indeed legally clamp you - but at least you have a proper and fair appeals process to go through should you feel you have been clamped in the wrong.
Don't forget to send the OP A small token of thanks for creating this thread and inadvertently get that message out there and maybe preventing you from parting with your hard earned cash.
/raises his mug of coffee to Brenner.
If only they had a party in the north trying to abolish this clamping like we have in the south https://www.finegael.ie/new-vehicle-clamping-legislation-needs-to-tackle-clamping-in-private-car-parks-lawlor/0 -
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Johnny Dogs wrote: »I don't really think this thread went the way the OP envisaged it might go.
Prob two things will result.from it imo.
1 - people who would never vote for Sinn Fein still never will.
2 - due to the thread being dropped into AH with its higher traffic flow, a lot more people now may be aware that private clampers have as much legal clout / jurisdiction to put a foreign object on their car as a goat in a wet suit has - ie none.
Just dont park like an arsehole to begin with, and you should have no problems.
However if you come back to discover some clown in a high vis jacket has placed a device on your vehicle that is preventing you from moving, please think twice about making a payment to the company responsible, more often than not they're skirting around the ages of what is considered legal anyway, with an appeals process that is a sham and exists only in name - so even if you have done nothing wrong you're very unlikely to get your cash back.
Even calling them up to give a credit card payment means calling a premium telephone number where your charged an exorbitant amount per minute plus another exorbitant amount masked as a "card fee" because you paid by card (how else can you make a payment to a machine over the phone?)
Remove the clamp yourself, or call a friend or family member to help you out if you don't know how to.
Here's a helpful article from Micks Garage.ie that gives detailed instructions on how to go about removing a clamp.
In thr article organisations such as the AA say the following about clamping:
Just bear in mind that state bodies such as councils etc can indeed legally clamp you - but at least you have a proper and fair appeals process to go through should you feel you have been clamped in the wrong.
Don't forget to send the OP A small token of thanks for creating this thread and inadvertently get that message out there and maybe preventing you from parting with your hard earned cash.
/raises his mug of coffee to Brenner.
Appreciate that John, indeed some informative stuff in there for sure .
However there are some serious shortcomings in your cunning plans.
Major fault is the assumption that folk have the time and inclination to get involved in standoff’s in car parks.
Only water protestors who get up at 6am to prevent installation and go on marches would seem to have that kind time to spare.
Second major flaw is attributing logic to poor Paddy!
“Don’t park like a twat and you’ll have no problem”
You see,Paddy doesn’t do that stuff.
If Paddy or Patricia think they can get away with it they will do it,Johhner.
It’s hardwired in,deep seated,”Aah sure I’ll be fine “ No parking, invalid, two yellows,set down only,yellow boxes,busses only,loading zones mean Jack Schidt.
Fork everyone else Paddy’s goin in here and fork them,sure I got away with it dozens of time before ... If I could drive in the door of the Supermarket I’d do it!
Jonner that’s what we are up agin, and to be honest I sometime get wood when I see some arsehole with a bull nec staring at the yalla shoe and the smartie up to his ear.
God bless the clampers Johnner, make life much easier for the rest of us.
Little carried away, John, please forgive me.0 -
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Did anyone expect anything different from Gerry Kelly? The man has printed sectarian leaflets and is a convicted terrorist. I am not a bit surprised at his behaviour.
The only question left for me is do we know what else he carries around in his boot apart from bolt cutters? And what does he normally use them for?
Where in the article does it state that Kelly had bolt cutters in his boot
Presumably the gym is close to his home where he may have bolt cutters there, or a quick phone call and someone could duly oblige.0 -
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Did anyone expect anything different from Gerry Kelly? The man has printed sectarian leaflets and is a convicted terrorist. I am not a bit surprised at his behaviour.
The only question left for me is do we know what who else he carries around in his boot apart from bolt cutters? And what does he normally use them for?
That's one boot you'd not want to open......
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Did anyone expect anything different from Gerry Kelly? The man has printed sectarian leaflets and is a convicted terrorist. I am not a bit surprised at his behaviour.
To be fair to Gerry, he is very open and honest about his sectarianism. No Ireland of equals in his world.
the sheriff is HERE wrote: »a yellow box alright seems to be under his car, yellow line in front too, why was his car the only car to be clamped from the video.
Countless reasons. The other cars might not have been parked there when the clampers arrived. Alternatively, if they were parked there when the clampers entered the car park, the drivers were smart enough to keep an eye out for the clampers and move their cars before the clampers had time to clamp them.the sheriff is HERE wrote: »this was a private company denying gerry his right to free movement.
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