Random EV Thoughts 2 - The Jimnying

Legalisation only applies to public streets and car parts typically enforced by parking warden or Gardai.

Personally I prefer them as far from the door as possible. They really need a big no parking sign, with a small except for actively charging small sign underneath along with a tow away sign with a phone number to ring. Cars in blanch shopping centre were regularly clamped for blocking charging bays, including EVs, but then they decided to stop enforcing it due to "complaints".

As I see it people get rightly worked up, especially those who have a disability or are aware of how impactful a disability can be on quality of life, when they see others inappropriately using disabled spaces. However, in my experience relatives of disabled people are just as likely to abuse the blue badge or disabled spaces as anyone else. The best I saw recently was a middle aged man with his blue badge proudly displayed parking in the 2nd closest to the door disabled spot at a Lidl car park, hop out of the car and walk off at pace across the car park to an adjoining store. The ultimate in fcukery IMO.

So of course people, not limited to BMW drivers, will inappropriately use EV charging spaces if located next to entrances. Human nature will trump over social graces

Not all disabilities are visible, and not all are visible 100% of the time either.

We have a blue badge in the family (mrs elm) and you could make that comment about her too. Late 30's and looks like she's walking fine from the car to the shop. Yet inside her head depending on how the day is, she's likely looking for where to lean if she starts to feel faint, to avoid passing out and collapsing onto the road or path. POTS/Dysautonomia.

A short simple and polite reply to you to suggest that you don't judge what you don't know, and have no experience or context for.

Anyone abusing a blue badge should have it taken off them, no excuses for that.

My own 85 year old Aunt has encouraged me on multiple occasions to apply for a blue badge for 84 year old mother who would qualify no problem. As she has pointed out my mother doesn't drive so it would be very handy for myself to park in those handy disabled spots whenever I wanted.

You can atack my ignorance of the issue all you want but whether you want to admit it or not there is plenty abuse of disabled parking spaces and blue badges

I'm well aware of abuse of disabled parking spaces and IMO someone parking in a disabled spot beside the door of one store and then heading off across the car park and onto another part of a retail park strongly suggests the person didn't need to monopolise a disabled parking space beside a store he wasn't even using.

Probably should but tbh if I took the time to report every minor traffic transgression I witnessed I've have no time left in day for anything else.

Back on topic maybe if more people reported/challenged both ICE and EV drivers inappropriately blocking EV chargers it wouldn't be such a common occurrence

I'd say it's on the lower end of the 2000 range

My own experience driving around Dublin is the ID.4 is the more popular option as a taxi than Tesla

Strangely I've seen more Model 3s as taxis than Model Y's

I get that the 3 came out first but you'd think the Y would be the preferred choice as a taxi

I absolutely agree that EV taxis make a lot of sense around Dublin and even probably for most towns and cities in Ireland

hmm, thanks, strange the way not showing for me

yeah, but I reset them all, signed out and in, closed down app etc

From now. Try searching for the name.

These are my filters

yeah. Have all the filters like you have.
when I try on WiFi network at home, can’t see Moycullen, when I go on 5G network at my house, can’t see Moycullen.

Im now about 10 miles from my house on 5G and I can see Moycullen on it now. Strange.

So no punishment for doing that?