Your own pictures of bad parking WITH CHAT

Anois_ · 28-12-2025 02:45PM

I see Andrew J Renko is banned again.

Iseedeadpixels · 28-12-2025 02:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124099934#Comment_124099934

I wonder why, he was still posting up until 30 mins ago.

...Ghost... · 28-12-2025 03:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124099934#Comment_124099934

Can't help himself. I'm sure he doesn't intend to troll, it just appears that way.

muffler · 28-12-2025 04:23PM

Seems like he picked up over a dozen warnings and a couple of forum bans and a previous site ban in 2025. Could well be permanently banned at this stage.

Roman Emperor · 28-12-2025 05:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124099824#Comment_124099824

It's not just about convenience, it's about necessity - there are times when breaking the law might be unavoidable.

How else are the drivers supposed to make the deliveries ?

I've studied all ten posted photos of the alleged crimes against humanity and I can only see one that might be even remotely described as posing a serious safety issue and even that one is open to interpretation.

The notion that the delivery drivers should have parked blocking one lane of a busy dual carriageway is beyond ludicrous and is a measure of the lack of understanding displayed by people who are ignorant of the practicalities of operating large vehicles in a congested urban environment.

Roman Emperor · 28-12-2025 05:17PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124099889#Comment_124099889

Indeed there are - but I'm afraid the bleeding hearts brigade might have you by the goolies on that one too.

"SET DOWN ONLY" means set down only - I can hear them screaming already.

Whichever way the poor delivery driver turns he's going to incur the ire of the perfectionist and the intransigent !

Rules is Rules, after all.

...Ghost... · 28-12-2025 06:42PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124099824#Comment_124099824

My old man used to do city deliveries like this at the tail end of his driving career. I helped as a teenager now and again. When he was driving large trucks, there was always a designated area to drop deliveries which were always in pallet form. Smaller box trucks and large vans were used for city/town deliveries and most have no place to park nearby.

It is safer to park near the shop, off the road for a short period of time than to expect the driver to use the footpath to cart loads on a hand trolley, or pallets on a power truck, which take up the entire pathway if they fit at all. Or maybe you would prefer they take half the day to strip each pallet down and bring in one item at a time from the car park 500m down the road? Thankfully most Gards have some common sense here and allow delivery drivers to do what they need to do as long as they are taking precautions and being as considerate as possible.

Iseedeadpixels · 28-12-2025 06:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100386#Comment_124100386

He's banned he can't reply.

tampopo · 28-12-2025 06:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100222#Comment_124100222

Park On The Road

...Ghost... · 28-12-2025 06:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100393#Comment_124100393

He will reply. Trust me.

I just hope to receive more than the usual "are they entitled to break the law by parking on the path" while suggesting they break the law by parking on the road, obstructing traffic and causing a danger to all road users.

Marcusm · 28-12-2025 07:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100243#Comment_124100243

You seem intent on being difficult. Double yellows permit deliveries and set down gas no legal force. Those delivery drivers are criminals and if you wish to support them, perhaps do it silently.

Marcusm · 28-12-2025 07:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100386#Comment_124100386

Interesting dichotomy between your approach to blue badge spaces and parking goods vehicles on a footpath. I withdraw my positive comments from yesterday.

Anois_ · 28-12-2025 07:43PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100446#Comment_124100446

You do know the country runs on these delivery drivers. Everyday you buy stuff either in a shop or online that a delivery driver had to deliver.

If you are dead set on this even though I explained it a few times between yesterday and today maybe contact the government and demand every shop or business in the country must have a special parking space for a delivery driver to park in.

You cannot seem to get this into your toddler brain even though you said I only had two brain cells yesterday. At least I'm with the program and you are off with the fairies.

Marcusm · 28-12-2025 08:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100477#Comment_124100477

I can get it into my head that some of them have no social conscience and for those I have no sympathy. For others who feel under pressure, I do feel some sympathy but with full employment, other jobs are available for those who don’t want to commit offences every day. It is a core part of planning to ensure facilities are made available for deliveries. If more time is needed and more cans need to be in the road to deliver lawfully and effectively, so be it.
If you accept the status quo, get on with your life. If not, challenge them and make their lives harder until they quit or do their jobs lawfully. But maybe stop cribbing that others don’t agree with your anarchic approach to life; we can all want it to be better and not just accept criminals performing these services.

...Ghost... · 28-12-2025 09:02PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100446#Comment_124100446

Such a juvenile response. One is capable of holding differing opinions on parking rules and laws. There's a difference between having a brass neck, parking in a BB space and a delivery driver who parks beside the delivery location and parks illegally in doing so. Should I withdraw any thanks I gave to your comments in the past I agreed with now that you don't fully agree with all of my views? 😏

Marcusm · 28-12-2025 09:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100607#Comment_124100607

Perhaps you could explain the difference to me? Similar laws; similar penalties. Is it the case that one hits closer to home as it discommodes you whereas with the other you can’t condemn without condemning your father? The moron who parked in your disabled space to convenience herself if no different from the delivery drivers in the photos from Rockfield who couldn’t drive 50 ft in search of a suitable space and/or to get off the main road and into a cul de sac which would have engendered a much lower risk of harm to others.

Roman Emperor · 28-12-2025 09:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100442#Comment_124100442

Yes, it is permitted to park on double yellow lines for a period of up to thirty minutes, if actively loading or unloading.

However, it is not permitted to park in "Set Down Only" spaces.

"Set Down" spaces may only be used to drop off or pick up passengers.

But tell us again - where should the two delivery drivers have parked ?

It's a cop-out to say what they shouldn't be doing without proposing a workable alternative.

Marcusm · 28-12-2025 09:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100624#Comment_124100624

There is no provision in Irish law setting out provisions with respect to “set down” spaces; they have no legal effect, unlike laws against parking in cycle lanes and on footpaths. I.e. the “set down” is some rubbish written in the road similar to a child putting out a chalk hopscotch outline. I have directed you absolutely as to where they could park to unload.

Roman Emperor · 28-12-2025 09:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100642#Comment_124100642

“Set Down Area” means a place which is designated as an area solely for the set down of passengers from a vehicle and as indicated by appropriate markings and information signage._ Fingal County Council parking bye-laws.

"Solely", I would suggest, is the key-word here.

Again - where should the two drivers have parked in order to effect their deliveries ?

...Ghost... · 28-12-2025 10:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100614#Comment_124100614

The difference is one prevents a disabled person from being able to go about their day and the other is no more than a temporary eyesore, minimal, to zero inconvenience if done with consideration and available room.

I'm not talking about any specific vehicles photographed and posted here. I am talking about delivery drivers who technically break the law by mounting a pathway, but who cause no obstruction to pedestrians. If there isn't enough room to fit a double buggy or wheelchair by with ample room on either side, then I would have an issue with that.

Don't assume that by full employment it means you will easily find a similar job if you lose the one you have. My Dads Brother was also a truck driver. When he moved to van deliveries in the city around the same time as my Dad, he was sacked after a few weeks for taking not meeting delivery targets and and losing stock through spoiling and theft. He was a nervous type. He would park legally, which usually meant way down the road. It was a hazard moving stock from the truck along the path and a 20 minute delivery became 2-3 hours at some locations. Instead of dropping a pallet of stock inside the premises, you had to load a few crates at a time on the hand trolley, or handball everything. He couldn't get a driving job outside of fast food deliveries after that. Eventually got a taxi license.

creedp · 28-12-2025 10:22PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100740#Comment_124100740

Context is everything, something that Jesuitical rule based types don’t seem to be able to comprehend. Why anyone would get hot under the collar if a delivery driver parks purely for the purpose of delivery in a manner that doesn’t block a pedestrian/wheelchair/ buggy I’m not sure.

Similarly, while I’ve never done so myself and don’t condone it, I wouldn’t get too bothered if a non BB driver parked in a BB space in the context of there being multiple free BB spaces available and the driver remains in the car enabling him to move once spaces start to fill up, I.e. in no way inconvenience a BB driver.

Iseedeadpixels · 28-12-2025 11:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100404#Comment_124100404

How does a banned account reply?

con747 · 28-12-2025 11:17PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100888#Comment_124100888

Ah, we've seen either Renko the genuine one or one of our regular re-reg impersonators pretend to be him twice here and also on other threads who have all been banned again so who knows. This thread as an example. https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058430344/garda-checkpoints#latest

Iseedeadpixels · 28-12-2025 11:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100901#Comment_124100901

Boards are usually on the ball with re-regs, but I'd well believe you tbh.

con747 · 28-12-2025 11:43PM

Just banned again the re-reg.

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Marcusm · 29-12-2025 12:23AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100740#Comment_124100740

They are criminals, simpliciter.

con747 · 29-12-2025 12:26AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124101020#Comment_124101020

Someday you might actually meet a criminal, please feel free to run when you do.

Marcusm · 29-12-2025 12:29AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124100731#Comment_124100731

Irrelevant as the area in question is DLR and that rule does not apply, ie I have made it clear where the relevant criminals could have parked. Any other irrelevant comments?

https://www.dlrcoco.ie/travel-transport/parking/parking-control-bye-laws