Doctor parks in disabled space, refuses to pay fine

Marcusm · 09-11-2018 08:03PM #1

See the press report here. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/i-will-never-ever-pay-this-fine-doctor-prepared-to-go-to-jail-for-parking-in-disabled-spot-37511844.html

I have no respect for this so-called professional. She may have a valid grievance against the HSEfor not providing staff parking but it speaks volumes about her character that she was willing to park in a disabled space. This is a residential area and there are adjacent (30 feet or less) spaces where she could have parked on double yellows rather than in a disabled space. Yes this would have been a breach of the law but in that vicinity there are a number of such spaces that would not cause danger or inconvenience to passing traffic (e.g. Lawnswood Park). She, however, chose to park in a space given over to the more vulnerable in society.

I am disappointed that the judge did not commit her for contempt of court.

Homer · 09-11-2018 08:06PM

In fairness, look at the head on her. /Mod deletion. Pls be civil./

fritzelly · 09-11-2018 08:10PM

Bit of a chip on her shoulder hasn't she

09-11-2018 08:11PM

Apparently she was "forced" to do so by her employer. Warped sense of entitlement.

Samuel T. Cogley · 09-11-2018 08:13PM

Simply solved by boarding the number 17 Bus, love.

What Username Guidelines · 09-11-2018 08:23PM

I too have an ongoing parking problem in work in that work don’t provide parking, so I don’t drive. Plenty do, but park elsewhere. Even worse is she mentions it’s an ongoing problem so not a once off, she should have left earlier or used some other way of getting to work.

LirW · 09-11-2018 08:40PM

I give it two pages until this is about parent and child spots and how parking in Disabled spots is fine on shop carparks since they aren't legally binding.

alchemist33 · 09-11-2018 08:43PM

“I was faced with a dilemma; should I break the law and park in the disabled parking space and do the clinic, or should I drive off and abandon children with appointments, whose parents take time off work to be there,” she said. “I chose to put patients first and I parked in the space.”

But what if those patients needed the disabled parking spot?

nuac · 09-11-2018 09:50PM

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Doctor parks in disabled space, refuses to pay fine

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