Arseholes that park on the pavement

Iwannahurl · 14-02-2013 10:24am

Balmed Out wrote: »

isnt it great to have nothing of consequence to be complaining about.

Indeed.

Balmed Out wrote: »

Its footpath not pavement this side of the atlantic or am I mistaken. Surely would have been mentioned before in 6 pages

Ash.J.Williams · 14-02-2013 10:26am

tiny timy wrote: »

That and those who park in handicap and mother and child spaces. drives me mad!

I brought me kid shopping at the weekend for the first time and I actually wondered do i have any extra perks now regarding parking....

probably not

drumslate · 14-02-2013 10:28am

I can totally relate to this, its sooo frustrating!

Iwannahurl · 14-02-2013 10:29am

tiny timy wrote: »

That and those who park in handicap and mother and child spaces. drives me mad!

Jacob Howling Sailor wrote: »

I park in those spaces all the time. Doesn't bother me in the slightest tbh.

Jacob Howling Sailor wrote: »

Do you not feeling a little cowardly for doing it?, I'd imagine I would.

Do you feel brave for not being bothered in the slightest about parking in the way you describe?

jaffacakesyum · 14-02-2013 10:56am

People who park in cycling lanes drives me insane. So dangerous.

Pumpkinseeds · 14-02-2013 11:00am

I particularly love the antics of the pr*ck who parks his car right on the line of the pedestrian crossing on the way to the shopping centre, when he isn't parked there he parks exactly in front of the bus stop, meaning the bus can't be parked where it should be. He's got a nice big off street spot at the back of his house but oh no that would mean inconveniencing himself to actually go around the back of the house. Then again he's getting away with it for so long now, our local boys and girls in blue seem oblivious to it, no matter how many times they pass the car every day.

mccarthy37 · 14-02-2013 11:13am

Unforgettable _ Fire wrote: »

Some car/van have a serious problem with parking properly :mad:

Walking down the village the last couple mornings to get the bus to college, and three pricks take up the whole pavement with their cars and vans. Having to walk on the road in the pissings of rain while it's dark out cause they can't park properly is a joke. The should be fined for this sort of stuff.

Egg em.

Mental Mickey · 14-02-2013 11:14am

Unforgettable _ Fire wrote: »

Some car/van have a serious problem with parking properly :mad:

Walking down the village the last couple mornings to get the bus to college, and three pricks take up the whole pavement with their cars and vans. Having to walk on the road in the pissings of rain while it's dark out cause they can't park properly is a joke. The should be fined for this sort of stuff.

As a wheelchair user, this p!$s€s me right off!!!!

docmol · 14-02-2013 11:34am

Mental Mickey wrote: »

As a wheelchair user, this p!$s€s me right off!!!!

May I suggest James Bond style spikes that come out of your hubs? I'd gladly help you fit them!

Holyjebus · 14-02-2013 11:48am

hollster2 wrote: »

i hate this the other day was collecting my 3yr old from montessori so was around lunchtime this idiot parked on the path i was wheeling a buggy too so this guy scoffing his lunch doesnt move and with this idiot look on his face still doesnt move the road was to busy to bring my kids around eventually he did till i said something really pi***es me off wen ppl do that

This really ANNOYS me too, happens all the time in one spot in my town when I'm out walking with my kids in their buggy. The path is small enough as it is in this particular area without these idiots parking on double yellow lines.
It's such a busy road that I would never, ever attempt to walk out onto the road with them. It happens all the time and I've had to wait and wait and then eventually say something to the driver becasue they're to thick to cop on!!!
I even had it happen to me by a guard one day!!

Mental Mickey · 14-02-2013 11:50am

docmol wrote: »

May I suggest James Bond style spikes that come out of your hubs? I'd gladly help you fit them!

LOL. How about a helicopter blade instead???

Seriously, though.......there is no cure for idiocy/igorance.

docmol · 14-02-2013 12:18pm

Big time. A couple of weeks ago I had a woman beep at me and make shooing motions with her hands through her windscreen. She wanted to park on the path outside the shop and I was standing in her way! There was a free parking space two car lengths away. ^^

Cienciano · 14-02-2013 12:35pm

indough wrote: »

they may have a less obvious disability, no point assuming the worst

OK, there is a percentage of people out there that can look perfectly able bodied but need a handicap parking permit.
But not the massive percentage of people that use them. In my local shop there's about 7 spaces almost always taken up, there's not a chance in hell that there always happens to be 7 able bodied looking people, with hidden handicaps that just happened to forget to display their permit that day.
And it's not like the place is full and they have to walk miles (it's a lidl). People are just lazy, they can't be bothered parking in the next row.

Harry Angstrom · 14-02-2013 12:43pm

SV wrote: »

I'm not sure why you keep saying 'accidentally' now, slight back pedaling there, you have already admitted you do it on purpose.

It's ok, you've made it quite clear the kind of person you are.

And what about the kind of people who park their cars on a pavement and force pedestrians to walk on the road? They obviously don't give a shyte about anybody so why should we give a shyte about them? A few months back, I noticed a car fully parked on the narrow pavement of a busy road with no room for pedestrians to walk on the foothpath, meaning elderly people and parents with buggies and small children had to risk walking on the road onto oncoming traffic. As I walked onto the road and past the car I couldn't help but 'accidentally' bang against the wing mirror. I didn't give a damn if I caused "criminal damage" or not. It was nothing compared to the damage that the moron of a car owner could have caused if somebody had been knocked down due to his ignorant selfishness. And I'd do it again if I saw a car parked in a similar situation.

Menas · 14-02-2013 12:55pm

I was walking with the baby in the pram a few weeks ago when we came across a car that had parked up on the curb forcing us to have to walk out on the busy road to get bye.
When I got back on the footpath there was this old dear with a crutch there and we spent a few minutes bitching about the ignorant prick who had blocked the footpath.
She suggested to me with a wink that I should 'key his feckin car'.

razorgil · 14-02-2013 12:58pm

i found that leaving the air out of one of his tyres usually got the message across. not flat, but just low enough that he had to change it, and also realised what had happened.

Dj Grimreefer · 14-02-2013 1:01pm

Those that park on the pavement are the type of people that walked all over

dsmythy · 14-02-2013 1:05pm

I don't mind it so much when walking alone, but with a buggy I'd rather not go out on to a busy road cheers. Sometimes drivers only see my head and not the buggy I'm pushing ahead of me. Dangerous.

enda1 · 14-02-2013 1:22pm

Car's should be towed for doing it. If it blocks the footpath in such a way that the path users must enter the road, then a fine doesn't remove the danger.

If a car was blocking a road such that cars had to mount the footpath, the car wouldn't be long being towed.

Ghost Buster · 14-02-2013 4:00pm

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

I have to park on the pavement every day. Otherwise the road outside my house would be completely impassable. How selfish would that be?
Going right up to the wall is taking the p!ss tough.

Then park in the nearest available parking space...........

Ghost Buster · 14-02-2013 4:01pm

bluewhitehoops wrote: »

some roads are just not big enough to park your car on the road otherwise you could well end up blocking the road

Then park in the nearest available parking space

SV · 14-02-2013 11:16pm

Rasheed wrote: »

So it doesn't bother you that because of your vehicle on a footpath, that people will have to walk out on the road? That a wheelchair user will have to get down off the path ( if they can) and go out on to road to continue on their journey? Ditto for an elderly person, ditto for a woman with a buggy.

What do you mean 'a bit slow'? If you mean in pace, try looking at an elderly man or woman suffering with arthritis who can't run if they see a car coming. Try looking at a person using a manual wheelchair trying to push a bit quicker to get out of the way of that car. They're in danger because they're in the cars path because you were ignorant enough to be in their path.

If you mean 'slow' in another way, you're a dick.

I never park on the path and have never claimed to, You may want to read before you start off there.

I'd see someone who walks out in front of traffic as being a bit slow alright, yeah. I'm a dick for thinking that? Ah, ok.

P.C. wrote: »

So, blocking a foot path with your vehicle is not dangerous.

What happens to people in wheelchairs? I think it is dangerous if they have to go out onto the road in their wheelchair. But, you do not.

What about visually impaired people with a guide dog? How are they supposed to see oncoming traffic? How are they supposed to 'hurry up' when they go around the parked vehicle? It seems to me that it is dangerous for a person with a vision impairment, but you do not think so.

Well done you!

People in wheelchairs are screwed, but they're not really in danger unless they choose to go out on to the road. They kind of made the situation dangerous themselves if ya ask me.
Also, I don't think visually impaired people have any problem with the speed they move, doesn't Ireland have a legally blind chap who's running 100ms in just over 10 seconds? jaysus.

hollster2 wrote: »

:eek:

REALLY??? YOU CANT BE SERIOUS! :eek:

blue peter badge for you

I can be serious.

Awh, thank you

btard wrote: »

No. His complaint is that inconsiderate pieces of **** like you think they can do whatever the **** they want. Have a nice day ****wit.

mod: banned

but..I can do whatever I want? Just some of it is illegal and I may be reprimanded for it.
but thanks..? I never park on the path by the way.

hollster2 wrote: »

EXACTLY maybe sv didnt have his weetabix this morning!!

I don't really like weetabix anymore, usually stick to toast!

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

And what about the kind of people who park their cars on a pavement and force pedestrians to walk on the road? They obviously don't give a shyte about anybody so why should we give a shyte about them? A few months back, I noticed a car fully parked on the narrow pavement of a busy road with no room for pedestrians to walk on the foothpath, meaning elderly people and parents with buggies and small children had to risk walking on the road onto oncoming traffic. As I walked onto the road and past the car I couldn't help but 'accidentally' bang against the wing mirror. I didn't give a damn if I caused "criminal damage" or not. It was nothing compared to the damage that the moron of a car owner could have caused if somebody had been knocked down due to his ignorant selfishness. And I'd do it again if I saw a car parked in a similar situation.

You're so cool.

MistyCheese · 14-02-2013 11:43pm

SV wrote: »

Hope the same thing happens to some of your property someday, by someone who thinks they're being equally funny.

And maybe, just maybe if you close your eyes and wish really hard you too could one day find yourself in a wheelchair, unable to use a footpath due to a car obstructing your way.

Oh, wait...

SV wrote: »

People in wheelchairs are screwed, but they're not really in danger unless they choose to go out on to the road. They kind of made the situation dangerous themselves if ya ask me.

... So it would be your own fault then, for not waiting behind the obstruction for however long it took them to get back to their car? That's okay of course, you'll have nowhere else to be I suppose.

SV wrote: »

It's ok, you've made it quite clear the kind of person you are.

Pottler · 14-02-2013 11:47pm

I'm rural. We can park anywhere. Lovely. Must be awful, having to park on a "street"...or a pavement..

Scruffles · 14-02-2013 11:54pm

Cienciano wrote: »

OK, there is a percentage of people out there that can look perfectly able bodied but need a handicap parking permit.
But not the massive percentage of people that use them. In my local shop there's about 7 spaces almost always taken up, there's not a chance in hell that there always happens to be 7 able bodied looking people, with hidden handicaps that just happened to forget to display their permit that day.
And it's not like the place is full and they have to walk miles (it's a lidl). People are just lazy, they can't be bothered parking in the next row.

never judge someone for looking able bodied whilst owning a blue badge,go ask them politely why they have a bb but dont expect everyone to answer as its rude to some people,some of us cant answer!

have had a bb for many years due to very complex and accute mobility difficulties caused by multiple disabilities [severe autism,intelectual disability and severe epilepsy with todds paralysis].
will never be able to drive though do own a motability car and though am recognised immediately as disabled by young/middle aged general public,people assume severe mobility difficulties equals a permenent physical inability to walk which is not true,iin own case f it wasnt for disabled parking woud not be able to access anywhere-itd mean turning back home.

many people who have blue badges have conditions such as ME/CFS,they may look able bodied going in but come out nearly falling apart,if it wasnt for having parked nearby in the first place they woud not have been able to shop.
its easy to judge when do not experience what people with complex severe disabilities do,folks need to remember anyone can become disabled and may end up in the situation of needing disabled parking,a bit of open mindedness doesnt go amiss.

Rasheed · 15-02-2013 12:05am

SV wrote: »

I never park on the path and have never claimed to, You may want to read before you start off there.

I'd see someone who walks out in front of traffic as being a bit slow alright, yeah. I'm a dick for thinking that? Ah, ok.

You said it doesn't bother you. Ergo you have parked on a footpath before and are back tracking or it doesn't bother you when you see another person doing. One is as bad as the other. It says a lot about you that you can't recognise what might be a massive barrier to some people.

Nobody walks purposely out into traffic. You never heard someone being knocked down on a road when they were out walking, no? Never? Ah they must have been 'a bit slow', that was there problem.

People in wheelchairs are screwed, but they're not really in danger unless they choose to go out on to the road. They kind of made the situation dangerous themselves if ya ask me.
Also, I don't think visually impaired people have any problem with the speed they move, doesn't Ireland have a legally blind chap who's running 100ms in just over 10 seconds? jaysus.

They didn't choose to go out onto the road. Their choice was taken away when somebody lumped a vehicle in their way on the path. They had no choice but to use the road, which is also used by cars. A person in a wheelchair is about 3 foot high. Quite easy to miss if a person is bombing down a road. Ah but the wheelchair users mistake if something happens, right? That aul slowness is a curse........

razorgil · 15-02-2013 12:18am

You're so cool.[/QUOTE]

you're the man!! obviously you have such a "cool" life yourself that you think it's ok to smirk, and poke fun at everyone else here, in the hope of getting a reaction, which is really only a craving for attention i think, because, in real life you have probably run out of friends, (real or cyber), with such a "cool" attitude to people less fortunate than your "cool" self, hope it all works out for you...."you're so cool"

SV · 15-02-2013 1:15am

Rasheed wrote: »

You said it doesn't bother you. Ergo you have parked on a footpath before

quite possibly the worst conclusion. ever.

razorgil wrote: »

you're the man!! obviously you have such a "cool" life yourself that you think it's ok to smirk, and poke fun at everyone else here, in the hope of getting a reaction, which is really only a craving for attention i think, because, in real life you have probably run out of friends, (real or cyber), with such a "cool" attitude to people less fortunate than your "cool" self, hope it all works out for you...."you're so cool"

Thanks man

btw yeah I've got more than enough of reactions.

some craic lads

SV · 15-02-2013 1:16am

MistyCheese wrote: »

And maybe, just maybe if you close your eyes and wish really hard you too could one day find yourself in a wheelchair, unable to use a footpath due to a car obstructing your way.

Oh, wait...

... So it would be your own fault then, for not waiting behind the obstruction for however long it took them to get back to their car? That's okay of course, you'll have nowhere else to be I suppose.

wait, are you honestly saying someone can wish themselves disabled?
that's insane.

patdshaker · 15-02-2013 1:26am

I find that Gaa supporters up from the country for the big match are the worst offenders, just look at Pairc Ui Rinn on match days.

razorgil · 15-02-2013 1:38am

SV wrote: »

quite possibly the worst conclusion. ever.

Thanks man
btw yeah I've got more than enough of reactions.

some craic lads

well that is what we're here for dude!!

Ruudi_Mentari · 15-02-2013 1:50am

Are these the same arseholes that leave skidmarks?

norrie rugger · 15-02-2013 2:22am

SV wrote: »

Unless it's an area where parking on the road would block the road completely then, yes, that's right.

I also wouldn't say it ever puts motorists in danger, more like an inconvenience.

Then find a suitable road to park on.

P.C. · 15-02-2013 8:05am

SV wrote: »

I never park on the path and have never claimed to, You may want to read before you start off there.

I'd see someone who walks out in front of traffic as being a bit slow alright, yeah. I'm a dick for thinking that? Ah, ok.

People in wheelchairs are screwed, but they're not really in danger unless they choose to go out on to the road. They kind of made the situation dangerous themselves if ya ask me.
Also, I don't think visually impaired people have any problem with the speed they move, doesn't Ireland have a legally blind chap who's running 100ms in just over 10 seconds? jaysus.

I can be serious.

Awh, thank you

but..I can do whatever I want? Just some of it is illegal and I may be reprimanded for it.
but thanks..? I never park on the path by the way.

I don't really like weetabix anymore, usually stick to toast!

You're so cool.

Wow, you have a great attitude towards people with disabilities.

thewing · 15-02-2013 8:46am

I hate idiots who don't park on the path and block the road. We have couple of occasional idiots on our narrow little road.

Walk around the bloody car you lazy cúnt.....

Mental Mickey · 15-02-2013 9:11am

P.C. wrote: »

Wow, you have a great attitude towards people with disabilities.

Leave it, he's just a sad keyboard warrior looking for a reaction.

:rolleyes:

razorblunt · 15-02-2013 9:13am

thewing wrote: »

I hate idiots who don't park on the path and block the road. We have couple of occasional idiots on our narrow little road.

Walk around the bloody car you lazy cúnt.....

Buy a house on a bigger road you poor cúnt. :eek:

Why should people including kids and old folk not to mention those with mobility issues venture onto the road due to your lock of foresight in seeing the predicament with the road!

thewing · 15-02-2013 9:55am

razorblunt wrote: »

Buy a house on a bigger road you poor cúnt. :eek:

Why should people including kids and old folk not to mention those with mobility issues venture onto the road due to your lock of foresight in seeing the predicament with the road!

Ha! Not too many poor on my road with cheapest houses still hanging around the 500k mark

Road is just narrow, cars can't NOT park on the path.

Ireland's cities were not built with cars in mind...or pedestrians in some places. Get over it, or get out.

Mental Mickey · 15-02-2013 9:57am

thewing wrote: »

Ha! Not too many poor on my road with cheapest houses still hanging around the 500k mark

Road is just narrow, cars can't NOT park on the path.

Ireland's cities were not built with cars in mind...or pedestrians in some places. Get over it, or get out.

Still no excuse for pure ignorance though.

thewing · 15-02-2013 10:01am

?????

If a car doesn't park on path and blocks the road for other cars, it is causing an obstruction - that's ignorant.

At least people can walk around a car.

Live and let live folks...

dub_skav · 15-02-2013 10:03am

thewing wrote: »

Ha! Not too many poor on my road with cheapest houses still hanging around the 500k mark

Road is just narrow, cars can't NOT park on the path.

Ireland's cities were not built with cars in mind...or pedestrians in some places. Get over it, or get out.

You are correct, if the road was not built with cars in mind, then you have 2 options :
Get over it - by not having a car, or
Get out, move somewhere with parking

The rules don't stop applying just because you have a house that is not sufficient for your needs

thewing · 15-02-2013 10:14am

Whoops! I'm in After Hours - sensible debate ----> over there somewhere

I'll come back when y'all old enough to 1. own a car and 2. deal with the hassle of buying and moving a home...

(Move house because road too narrow...hilarious!!)

RainyDay · 15-02-2013 10:16am

thewing wrote: »

If a car doesn't park on path and blocks the road for other cars, it is causing an obstruction - that's ignorant.

At least people can walk around a car.

Are you suggesting that cars cannot drive round a parked car? Do they not have brakes and steering wheels to allow them to carry out this manoeuvre?

snubbleste · 15-02-2013 10:18am

Has anyone ever been successful with the authorities in having a footpath re-designated as a car park?

Mental Mickey · 15-02-2013 10:38am

thewing wrote: »

?????

If a car doesn't park on path and blocks the road for other cars, it is causing an obstruction - that's ignorant.

At least people can walk around a car.

Live and let live folks...

Wheelchair users/people with buggies may not be able to get past the car on the path, and may have to go onto the road in order to get by..... this is dangerous.

For Paws · 15-02-2013 10:39am

thewing wrote: »

Whoops! I'm in After Hours - sensible debate ----> over there somewhere

I'll come back when y'all old enough to 1. own a car and 2. deal with the hassle of buying and moving a home...

(Move house because road too narrow...hilarious!!)

The point that a lot of folk here are trying to make is that your rights & needs are not more important than those of others.

The obstruction of pavements by parked vehicles is obviously more inconvenient for wheelchair users, people pushing buggies, elderly or infirm people.

But even if none of those people, or for that matter any able bodied non buggy pushing people is affected by a vehicle illegally parked on a path, it's still an offence under the Road Traffic Act. It's still wrong.

It's wrong because the driver has decided that nobody else's rights or needs are as important than his / hers. Legally, socially & morally wrong.

If you want people to give a damn about your rights & needs,
try respecting theirs.

Iwannahurl · 15-02-2013 11:01am

thewing wrote: »

?????

If a car doesn't park on path and blocks the road for other cars, it is causing an obstruction - that's ignorant.

At least people can walk around a car.

Live and let live folks...

Let 'cars' work that out for themselves on the road. It's not a concern of pedestrians or disabled people. Your remark about 'walkin'g around a car just shows your ignorance in this regard, an ignorance and lack of consideration that's all too common in my experience.

wolfpawnat · 15-02-2013 11:03am

I live near a dual carriageway which I walk down for about half a km with my son in his buggy to get him to pre-school at one of the busiest times of day, the morning rush-hour. I nearly died when one day I had to get off the path and onto a bus lane of a dual FÚCKING carriageway because some ásshole thought it would be an act of absolute genius to park his car on the footpath and bicycle path to visit an apartment complex that would have inconvenienced him to have to do a legal U-turn 150m up the road to get to the complex's road. So a pregnant woman with a buggy had to go on to the N11 City bound to suit some lazy príck. I swear if I hadn't have been in a rush I would have keyed the bástards car.

I know he was in the complex because he left his girlfriend in the car and all she said was "Oh, he'll be out in a minute, he is just dropping something off" needless to say, I had a few choice words for her. All I ever think is after years of helping with the Irish Wheelchair Association, is whatever way it fúcked around my day, it would have ruined a wheelchair users day completely. I was gone for 15 min, and I saw it pulling off the path from a distance on my way back. 15 bloody minutes!!!! Even if all you were doing was getting out of the house for air, the last thing you want to do is stare at the rear-end of a car on the N11. Maunal wheelchairs are awkward near steps, there is a risk of them going backward, but the electronic ones, those things weigh a holy tonne and their users would never be able to maneuver one around a car.

When I go places with the buggy, I get annoyed if their are people parked on the path in a way you cannot get by, it is awkward for me, but I always find myself thinking "What if a wheelchair user needs to get by" I can go around, I shouldn't have to, but I can, they don't have that luxury. I think hefty fines and a bit of "accidental" damage is what is needed for people who are that fúcking inconsiderate. There are 7 million people in this country, not just you!

Iwannahurl · 15-02-2013 11:04am

snubbleste wrote: »

Has anyone ever been successful with the authorities in having a footpath re-designated as a car park?

Serious question?

I wouldn't have thought it was necessary for anyone to apply, since local authorities everywhere fail to tackle this endemic problem effectively, despite token awareness-raising PR efforts such as Park Right.

phill106 · 15-02-2013 10:23pm

Maudi wrote: »

lets just say for example..im on the cycle lane my kid on the back of my bike. and i dont see your car in the dark your car is illegally parked on the cycle path..what happens to you/your car?

Doesn't your bike have lights?

Arseholes that park on the pavement

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