Parking parallel instead of in driveways in estates

weldoninhio · 18-07-2015 01:41PM

moc moc a moc wrote: »

You two internet hard-men should pay a visit to a local jail or prison to see the actual tough guys housed there. Because that's who you'll be put in with if you ever get convicted of violent assault (particularly with a set of keys).

You'd be passed around among them like a dog's chew toy.

Lay off the U.S. Prison dramas buddy.

The Backwards Man · 18-07-2015 01:52PM

I've accidentally knocked the wing mirror of a car or two that was parked obscenely in my time. It was an accident, what can I do? You'll just have a wee bit more manners and consideration with your parking in future.

AlekSmart · 18-07-2015 01:54PM

veryangryman wrote: »

A lot of visitors to my local estate have this strange tendency. I know one should not sweat the small stuff but it drives me mental that they do not use the vacant spaces in driveways and waste space on already narrow roadway.

There's a good lot of people on this forum. Surely some of you have this annoying habit. Can you explain yourselves?

This is surely down to the total failue of the Governments "Austerity" policy

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iguana · 18-07-2015 02:00PM

weldoninhio wrote: »

Must have been tough finding a house where you could walk to the shops etc without having to cross a road and endanger your sons life,

It wasn't actually, there is an Aldi at the bottom of my hill.:P And there is a huge difference between crossing a road at a pedestrian crossing and walking out on to the road and around a car which you may have to do with your back to the traffic. My last house was on an incredibly busy main road and at most times during the day it was not even remotely possible to go out on the road to get around a car while pushing a buggy. Not a chance in hell that I was going to risk my son's life, or my own, for the sake of protecting the property of an ignorant law breaker who parks dangerously. I can guarantee you that the car owner would be thinking the same if their dangerous parking had gotten someone killed. Most people will get over having to respray their car but knowing that their recklessness caused the death of a child would ruin every single moment of the rest of their lives.

weldoninhio · 18-07-2015 02:10PM

iguana wrote: »

It wasn't actually, there is an Aldi at the bottom of my hill.:P And there is a huge difference between crossing a road at a pedestrian crossing and walking out on to the road and around a car which you may have to do with your back to the traffic. My last house was on an incredibly busy main road and at most times during the day it was not even remotely possible to go out on the road to get around a car while pushing a buggy. Not a chance in hell that I was going to risk my son's life, or my own, for the sake of protecting the property of an ignorant law breaker who parks dangerously. I can guarantee you that the car owner would be thinking the same if their dangerous parking had gotten someone killed. Most people will get over having to respray their car but knowing that their recklessness caused the death of a child would ruin every single moment of the rest of their lives.

How is someone not being able to walk around a car without getting themselves killed the responsibility of the person who parked the car?? We're talking about in housing estates, not on a motorway.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 18-07-2015 02:19PM

When did parallel parking on a street morph in to parking on a footpath?

RainyDay · 18-07-2015 02:28PM

Malani Attractive Molecule wrote: »

Imagine having to have to walk around a car? Hard to believe man circumnavigated the globe yet some can't walk a yard out of their way to go around a car.

Smartguy wrote: »

You must be pretty fat and lazy to not squeeze by a car

Or maybe you must be in a wheelchair. Or maybe you must be pushing two kids in a double-buggy.

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Yes in those cases nobody is to blame except the planners.

old_aussie wrote: »

I'd blame the estate planners.

Yes, planners bear some responsibility - but so do the people who choose to buy or rent in these houses, and then expect to inconvenience others with their crappy parking. If the facility doesn't have enough space for you to park without inconveniencing others, find another home.

iguana · 18-07-2015 02:31PM

weldoninhio wrote: »

How is someone not being able to walk around a car without getting themselves killed the responsibility of the person who parked the car?? We're talking about in housing estates, not on a motorway.

Because they parked their car in such a way that the pedestrian was forced to walk on the road instead of being able to stay on the pavement. That's why it's illegal to park on the footpath. If a pedestrian gets killed because of your ****ty parking it's your fault and not only have you caused someone to be killed but you've also ****ed up your own life and the life of the driver due to your selfishness, lack of consideration for the safety of others and the law.

Oh and clearly we're not talking about motorways, you can't park on those at all and they don't have pavements running alongside them. Away with you and your hysterical hyperbole.:pac:

Boscoirl · 18-07-2015 02:41PM

Dionysius2 wrote: »

Down my way, I tend a green patch outside my gate and along the public road. I cut the grass and trim the edges and plant a few flowers.
What gets my goat entirely relates to the boneheads who drive up with gay abandon and have no compunction about driving up onto the tended grass and flowers as if it was a parking space reserved there for them. Is it pure ignorance (I think so) or do they have some sense of entitlement driven by a particular view of life ? My neighbours on either side rely on an assortment of cement blocks, boulders and stakes to keep the vandals at bay and I fear I will be forced to follow suit.

Having the same issue here today, was down town earlier, and when I came back there was 2 cars parked in the grass outside my house

OldMrBrennan83 · 18-07-2015 02:50PM

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18-07-2015 02:50PM

RainyDay wrote: »

Or maybe you must be in a wheelchair. Or maybe you must be pushing two kids in a double-buggy.

While a wheelchair user is a valid point, wheelchair users are actually very small in numbers. You rarely see someone in a wheelchair in any situation so what are the chances one will just happen upon your car? Absolutely tiny is what the chances are.

Buggys are easily manuverable even and it's no big deal doing around a car, if you are capable of crossing a road you are capable of safely going around a car.

In any case the vast majority of footpath parking happens in estates where the roads aren't overly busy. When you see loads of kids playing in the middle of the road all afternoon it would be a bit rich to come along and complain because you have to step onto the road to go around a car.

OldMrBrennan83 · 18-07-2015 02:51PM

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keith16 · 18-07-2015 02:57PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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Oh don't worry. I think there are one or two around allright. Christ almighty :rolleyes:

Malani Attractive Molecule wrote: »

While a wheelchair user is a valid point, wheelchair users are actually very small in numbers. You rarely see someone in a wheelchair

Exactly. Why do we even bother facilitating these people in the first place?

OldMrBrennan83 · 18-07-2015 02:59PM

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Public_Enema · 18-07-2015 03:02PM

moc moc a moc wrote: »

You two internet hard-men should pay a visit to a local jail or prison to see the actual tough guys housed there. Because that's who you'll be put in with if you ever get convicted of violent assault (particularly with a set of keys).

You'd be passed around among them like a dog's chew toy.

Sounds like you're speaking from experience.

keith16 · 18-07-2015 03:04PM

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I really hate the unfriendly attitude to children in Ireland. It's sickening.

darkpagandeath · 18-07-2015 03:04PM

People do not own property outside their property boundaries. Unless for example it's apartments or areas with designated parking areas in the lease or whatever. Yellow lines should solve any argument.

darkpagandeath · 18-07-2015 03:05PM

keith16 wrote: »

I really hate the unfriendly attitude to children in Ireland. It's sickening.

One is aware that posters used to be children and speak fro experience ? Or are they a new invention ?

keith16 · 18-07-2015 03:06PM

darkpagandeath wrote: »

People do not own property outside their property boundaries. Unless for example it's apartments or areas with designated parking areas in the lease or whatever. Yellow lines should solve any argument.

Should, but will certainly never. Everyone goes mad about the clampers (myself included), but it's like shooting fish in a barrel for those guys.

OldMrBrennan83 · 18-07-2015 03:06PM

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The Backwards Man · 18-07-2015 03:10PM

Patww79 wrote: »

If you didn't leave any notification to the owner then one can only hope that you're never offered the same consideration either.
If you were on foot then it wasn't an accident anyway.

Shouldn't have parked dangerously obstructing others where they did. Maybe if I had continued on foot to the shop to get the paper rather than going home to get the Zetor with the double wheels I might not have hit the mirror accidentally, but shure isn't hindsight a wonderful thing.

OldMrBrennan83 · 18-07-2015 03:13PM

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keith16 · 18-07-2015 03:15PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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Yes, when I read things like "break their arms or cut them" I feel physically sick. :mad:

I've come to that generalisation because I have lived in Ireland as a parent. And now I live somewhere else. It's a world of difference. They treat children well here and they have a much richer, safer society for doing so.

I have had problems with cars on paths while pushing a buggy down a main road. It's absolutely dangerous and there is no disputing that.

I have never ever had problems with kids blocking my path.

OldMrBrennan83 · 18-07-2015 03:19PM

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Tin Foil Hat · 18-07-2015 03:20PM

I can't park outside my house now!!??
Go and sh1te.

keith16 · 18-07-2015 03:23PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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Of course you do.

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Good for you.

OldMrBrennan83 · 18-07-2015 03:30PM

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18-07-2015 03:47PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

My parents live in an estate close to Beaumont Hospital which is over run by cheap f*ckers parking their cars in any free space (on corners, across driveways, etc) because they won't pay for parking in the hospital. There's also a school on the road and parents picking up their kids feel that it's ok to do the same. Have to admit that there has been a few times where wayward shots during games of football in the garden may have damaged a car outside.

Have you parked in a hospital carpark recently? If you park for one hour and one minute in Beaumont carpark, it will cost €5; people driving their relatives to the outpatients department or A&E could be there much longer, not to mention the relatives of in-patients who have to return to the hospital for long periods every day.

These people know what real stress is, and the last thing they need is some local thug vandalising their cars when they have a relative in the hospital, because he doesn't like the way they park on public property.

Pinch Flat · 18-07-2015 03:53PM

keith16 wrote: »

I really hate the unfriendly attitude to children in Ireland. It's sickening.

It's peculiar okay. You should go read some other online forums where children's safety is discussed - the road safety authority's Facebook site is particularly interesting. Reminding people to slow down and stop killing children is met with similar derision, almost blaming the children die the accidents that befall them. We've an amazingly self-centered attitude here.

Parking parallel instead of in driveways in estates

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