tuxy wrote: » I assume this kind of parking can not get you a fine? If it could it would be an even easier source of revenue for the council because of how prevalent it is. Bylaws should be changed to allow the local council to profit from people parking on the footpath.
36. (1) Save as otherwise provided for in these Regulations and subject to article 5, a vehicle shall not be parked on a public road at a location, in a manner or for a purpose referred to in this article. (2) A vehicle shall not be parked— ( g ) in any place, position or manner that will result in the vehicle obstructing an entrance or an exit for vehicles to or from a premises, save with the consent of the occupier of such premises; ( i ) on a footway, a grass margin or a median strip;
Wanderer2010 wrote: » Shocking bad manners but id be concerned about identifying the owner. Was it wise to include the reg? The person could easily take a defamation case against the website for publicly broadcasting the reg. Im not taking sides here but is what you posted any different to posting a picture of someone getting out of a car parked in a disabled space and being fully identifiable? Tread carefully.
friendlyfun wrote: » More people should be encouraged to cycle.
Darc19 wrote: » Unless the photo is photoshopped, there's no defamation. The photo is of a public space. The poster has made an observation that is backed up by the photo.
Uncle Pierre wrote: » Just to point out that a defamation offence can in fact arise from publishing photos like these. An example (albeit unlikely) would be: 1 – Self-employed Paddy loans his car to somebody else, who parks illegally in a disabled parking space. 2 – A photo of the car parked there appears online, with registration plate visible. 3 – Somebody says “That’s Paddy’s car. He’s an awful **** to park there”. They tell somebody else about it, who tells somebody else, who tells somebody else, and so on. They all agree he’s an awful ****. 4 – One of the people who hear about it is one of Paddy’s top clients. They refuse to do any more business with Paddy because “he’s the sort of person who parks in disabled spaces” and they feel strongly about that sort of thing. 5 – Paddy has now suffered both reputational loss and actual loss as a result of the photo being posted online. And that’s the very definition of defamation…
Thoie wrote: » What's the scenario if Paddy had parked there himself (no friend involved)? Steps 2-5 still happen, but in this situation has Paddy been defamed? He's still suffering loss of reputation and actual loss, but he brought it on himself.
friendlyfun wrote: More people should be encouraged to cycle.
91wx763 wrote: » Got a taxi the other day with my mother to the doctors up in Slievekeale. She can only walk a few steps so we bring a wheelchair in the boot. The set down/ambulance only area just inside on the left had 3 unattended vehicles in it, a car, a SUV and a big VW van. The drop kerbs at either end were blocked, so we had to walk out to the path on the main road to get on the path with the chair. A woman with a kid walked past us, hers was one of the cars, the SUV. She hadn't even been in the doctors, she'd parked in there in the set down while collecting little "Blathnaid" from the Presentation school !!! The a van was emblazoned with it's owner's name on, a well known local painting firm (Lismore park, there's a clue !) and I saw the man coming towards me from the chemists and challenged the man to be told that he didn't give a f*ck (the BAD f word father, you know the one I mean) about my mother. I said you've really convinced me who I should get me house painted by......... ignorant old fool. People need to start thinking about others. Not just generation snowflake "caring". And they must go beyond putting crap on facebook saying "be kind".
Tarzann wrote: » Name and shame!
Tarzann wrote: » Name and shame
