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Arseholes that park on the pavement

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  • #52
    razorgil
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭razorgil


    jd80 wrote: »
    Yeah - at this Tesco there is an ATM.

    The G4S was parked here as it was near the door - so nice and lazy for them. I got htere at 15:50 and at 16:10 they were still there.

    Another day I saw all four of five bays used by able bodied people - most of which went to the ATM and then into the store

    yeah, tesco should have the authority to clamp the shít outta anyone who parks in these spots who shouldn't


  • #53
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    Maudi wrote: »
    ppfftt!!

    the internet warrior is strong in this one.


    Admit it, you wouldn't do a single thing but get hopped off the car and probably injure yourself.


  • #54
    jd80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 286 ✭✭jd80


    A few times I said it to them but hey say the car park has nothing to do with them

    I note some cars in other shopping areas have disabled stickers but I do not see any disabled getting in or out


  • #55
    indough
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭indough


    jd80 wrote: »
    A few times I said it to them but hey say the car park has nothing to do with them

    I note some cars have disabled stickers but I do not see any disabled getting in or out

    how do you know they aren't disabled?


  • #56
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    jd80 wrote: »
    A few times I said it to them but hey say the car park has nothing to do with them

    I note some cars have disabled stickers but I do not see any disabled getting in or out

    You can't always tell by looking at someone if they're entitled to a disability sticker.

    A good friend has arthritis in most of her joints and can walk apparently normally, but only over very sort distances. I don't begrudge people like that a space in a disabled bay, just the able bodied lazy sods who can't walk ten metres or less.


  • #57
    Mr Whirly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 689 ✭✭✭Mr Whirly


    jd80 wrote: »
    A few times I said it to them but hey say the car park has nothing to do with them

    I note some cars in other shopping areas have disabled stickers but I do not see any disabled getting in or out

    Invisibility is the worst disability.


  • #58
    razorgil
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭razorgil


    indough wrote: »
    how do you know they aren't disabled?

    if they are disabled, they would have their parking permit displayed, i hope


  • #59
    jd80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 286 ✭✭jd80


    indough wrote: »
    how do you know they aren't disabled?

    Well I see them getting in and out of the car without any problems, driving away without any problem. Does not appear to be any physical disabilty.

    Could be that they have a family member who is not with them on that day who is disabled


  • #60
    indough
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭indough


    jd80 wrote: »
    Well I see them getting in and out of the car without any problems, driving away without any problem. Does not appear to be any physical disabilty.

    Could be that they have a family member who is not with them on that day who is disabled

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


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  • #61
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    tiny timy wrote: »
    That and those who park in handicap and mother and child spaces. drives me mad!

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


  • #62
    greenman09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,909 ✭✭✭greenman09


    Then there's the Cnut am that parks on the pavement but also the cycling lane. Think this is just a diff kind of Cnut


  • #63
    jd80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 286 ✭✭jd80


    indough wrote: »
    they may have a less obvious disability, no point assuming the worst

    Can you get the disabled stickers if have cancer?


  • #64
    triggermortis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭triggermortis


    take pictures of badly parked cars and post them on www.youparklikeac*nt.com


  • #65
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    If they're seriously obstructing the pavement, and I'm fairly sure nobody is looking, I like to elbow their wing mirror out of place. They can be surprisingly easy to break sometimes.


  • #66
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    RayM wrote: »
    If they're seriously obstructing the pavement, and I'm fairly sure nobody is looking, I like to elbow their wing mirror out of place. They can be surprisingly easy to break sometimes.

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


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  • #67
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,206 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    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.


    People be pricks. They don't take others into consideration. It's as simple as that.

    Being honest, the more I get older its hard not to adopt this attitude too. The amount of assholes in this world who just suit themselves sours you. I'm not a prick at heart. But I am struggling to not be one these days.


  • #68
    denismc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭denismc


    I didn't pay much attention to people parking on pavements until i saw a lady in a wheelchair trying to get by a van parked on the pavement on day.
    The lady was quite distressed so i offered to help find the owner of the van.
    After going to a few front doors we managed to track down the owner who promptly moved.


  • #69
    Mr Whirly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 689 ✭✭✭Mr Whirly


    Jacob Howling Sailor wrote: »
    Do you not feeling a little cowardly for doing it?, I'd imagine I would.

    Do you not feel like a knob parking in a handicapped space? I would but clearly no one cares what people think of them in this thread.


  • #70
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Jacob Howling Sailor wrote: »
    Do you not feeling a little cowardly for doing it?, I'd imagine I would.

    Not really. It can be quite satisfying. It's not like I'm wilfully damaging or interfering with their property; I'm just trying to squeeze past.


  • #71
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    RayM wrote: »
    Not really. It can be quite satisfying. It's not like I'm wilfully damaging or interfering with their property; I'm just trying to squeeze past.

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

    though you might just want to admit right now that you've never done that, have you?


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  • #72
    Lone Stone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,405 ✭✭✭Lone Stone


    Yea this really pisses me off to, One time i was walking with a wheel chair user and coming down the road, some wanker has two fecking car's on the path cars in his drive way completely blocking any way for some in a wheel chair to just get past. Twats !

    should be fined for doing this.


  • #73
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


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

    though you might just want to admit right now that you've never done that, have you?

    If I parked like a dick and returned to find my wing mirror knocked slightly out of place, I'd (a) be thankful that they hadn't caused any actual damage, and (b) have a long, hard think about how I park in future.

    I can't help it if I'm trying to squeeze past a car on the pavement and my elbow accidentally raises slightly and makes contact with their mirror.


  • #74
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    RayM wrote: »
    If I parked like a dick and returned to find my wing mirror knocked slightly out of place, I'd (a) be thankful that they hadn't caused any actual damage, and (b) have a long, hard think about how I park in future.

    I can't help it if I'm trying to squeeze past a car on the pavement and my elbow accidentally raises slightly and makes contact with their mirror.

    You already admitted that (if it does happen) you like to do it on purpose, you also said they can break quite easily. Are you admitting to criminal damage?
    RayM wrote: »
    If they're seriously obstructing the pavement, and I'm fairly sure nobody is looking, I like to elbow their wing mirror out of place. They can be surprisingly easy to break sometimes.


  • #75
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    SV wrote: »
    You already admitted that (if it does happen) you like to do it on purpose, you also said they can break quite easily. Are you admitting to criminal damage?

    You seem to have misinterpreted my post. I haven't admitted to damaging anything. I merely suggested that some car mirrors are easily broken. I'm also pretty sure there's no law against knocking a car mirror slightly out of place when it's (literally) blocking your path. Damn my unpredictable elbow. Different cars react differently to being (accidentally, of course) struck. Volkswagens, for instance, hurt. Range Rovers, on the other hand, are... less sturdy than one might expect.


  • #76
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    RayM wrote: »
    You seem to have misinterpreted my post. I haven't admitted to damaging anything. I merely suggested that some car mirrors are easily broken. I'm also pretty sure there's no law against knocking a car mirror slightly out of place when it's (literally) blocking your path. Damn my unpredictable elbow. Different cars react differently to being (accidentally, of course) struck. Volkswagens, for instance, hurt. Range Rovers, on the other hand, are... less sturdy than one might expect.

    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.


  • #77
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    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.

    I haven't admitted to damaging illegally parked cars at all, let alone on purpose. You seem to be the kind of person who doesn't read people's posts properly. :)


  • #78
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    RayM wrote: »
    I haven't admitted to damaging illegally parked cars at all, let alone on purpose. You seem to be the kind of person who doesn't read people's posts properly. :)

    Ah, no, you just insinuate that you're damaging them.

    You have admitted to hitting the mirrors on purpose, though, yet now you're trying to say it's accidental. Whether you damage them or not is still a mystery.


  • #79
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    SV wrote: »
    Ah, no, you just insinuate that you're damaging them.

    You have admitted to hitting the mirrors on purpose, though, yet now you're trying to say it's accidental. Whether you damage them or not is still a mystery.

    Sometimes, unless you want to walk on the road instead (and why should you?), you have no choice but to make contact with an illegally-parked car's bodywork whilst trying to squeeze past. And sometimes said contact may cause certain parts to move (or even break), should you be a little "careless" with your elbows.

    I find it interesting (and not a little bizarre) that you seem to be getting your knickers in a knot over somebody who you believe is insinuating that they damage illegally parked cars, yet the actual act of parking on a footpath (thus placing pedestrians in potential danger) doesn't bother you at all. I think some people's love of all things four-wheeled clouds their judgement sometimes.


  • #80
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    RayM wrote: »
    Sometimes, unless you want to walk on the road instead (and why should you?), you have no choice but to make contact with an illegally-parked car's bodywork whilst trying to squeeze past. And sometimes said contact may cause certain parts to move (or even break), should you be a little "careless" with your elbows.

    I find it interesting (and not a little bizarre) that you seem to be getting your knickers in a knot over somebody who you believe is insinuating that they damage illegally parked cars, yet the actual act of parking on a footpath (thus placing pedestrians in potential danger) doesn't bother you at all. I think some people's love of all things four-wheeled clouds their judgement sometimes.


    You can try and change it whichever way you want to, you've already said that you like to do it on purpose. Which is a clear indicator that it could be avoided.
    No amount of italics is going to change that.


    Ah, I don't put illegal parking and criminal damage on the same scale. They're about as far from each other as criminal damage and serial murder is, as the scale goes.
    It doesn't even slightly bother me as it only puts pedestrians in danger if they're a bit slow and like to walk out on the road whilst there are cars coming.


  • #81
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    SV wrote: »
    You can try and change it whichever way you want to, you've already said that you like to do it on purpose. Which is a clear indicator that it could be avoided.
    No amount of italics is going to change that.


    Ah, I don't put illegal parking and criminal damage on the same scale. They're about as far from each other as criminal damage and serial murder is, as the scale goes.
    It doesn't even slightly bother me as it only puts pedestrians in danger if they're a bit slow and like to walk out on the road whilst there are cars coming.

    Parking on pavements can be avoided too. Park on the road, perhaps? Ok, you might obstruct traffic, but hey... it only puts other motorists in danger if they're a bit slow and like to overtake parked cars whilst there are other cars coming towards them, right?


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  • #82
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    RayM wrote: »
    Parking on pavements can be avoided too. Park on the road, perhaps? Ok, you might obstruct traffic, but hey... it only puts other motorists in danger if they're a bit slow and like to overtake parked cars whilst there are other cars coming towards them, right?

    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.


  • #83
    RUSTEDCORE
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 514 ✭✭✭RUSTEDCORE


    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.

    Village?

    are you a hobbit or a time traveller


  • #84
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    A RELATIVE OF MINE WHO USES A MOTORISED WHEELCHAIR, COUND NOT GET IN TO THE BUILDING THEY LIVE IN BECAUSE SOME GOB****E PARKED ON THE PATH ON A DOUBLE YELLOW LINE OUTSIDE HER GATE SO SHE COULD NOT GET TO HER APPARTMENT DOOR! :(

    THE COPS WERE CALLED AND WERE ON THE WAY WHEN IT MOVED OFF SO THE LUCKY BASTARD WHO PARKED ILLEGALLY WAS LUCKY NOT TO HAVE THEIR CAR TOWED OFF

    THERE ARE PEOPLE LESS FORTUNATE THAN US AROUND, PLEASE TAKE THEM INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE YOU PARK ILLEGALLY
    OR YOU COULD END UP PAYING FINES AND A VISIT TO A COP STATION TO GET YOUR CAR BACK!!!!!

    :mad:


  • #85
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    uch wrote: »
    Not easily if OP got Lamped by a passing vehicle

    He could have walked over the car


  • #86
    Giblet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,986 ✭✭✭✭Giblet


    Look, there are cyclists who also park on the path, and pedestrians who do it also. So, in essence, because everyone does it, we shouldn't talk about it.

    Oh wait, this isn't the cycling thread.


  • #87
    hollster2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭hollster2


    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


  • #88
    Balmed Out
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,721 ✭✭✭Balmed Out


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

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


  • #89
    Rasheed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Rasheed


    SV wrote: »
    Ah, I don't put illegal parking and criminal damage on the same scale. They're about as far from each other as criminal damage and serial murder is, as the scale goes.
    It doesn't even slightly bother me as it only puts pedestrians in danger if they're a bit slow and like to walk out on the road whilst there are cars coming.

    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.


  • #90
    P.C.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,782 ✭✭✭P.C.


    SV wrote: »

    Your claim that plenty of people go around where you are without lights on at night, I think you just made it up to suit the argument.


    There's an insinuation and a half, go on, what am I clutching at? You don't actually have anything to say here do you? You can PM it if you want, I swear I won't be offended!

    Nah I don't think it's dangerous at all. I think knives and guns in irresponsible hands are dangerous, though.


    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!


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  • #91
    hollster2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭hollster2


    :eek:[QUOTE=SV;83209706It doesn't even slightly bother me as it only puts pedestrians in danger if they're a bit slow and like to walk out on the road whilst there are cars coming.[/QUOTE]

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



    blue peter badge for you


  • #92
    BrensBenz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭BrensBenz


    OP, did this gross act of inhumanity occur in Kerry? Sure, drivers can do what they like down there like. They're allowed to drunk drive without like their hazard lights. Some of them even drive non-Kerry veh-hickles and demonstrate their special road rules to the rest of the country, in partial anonymity.

    Or maybe the drivers abandoned the cars and van on your footpath and conscientiously committed suicide while waiting for the Kerry Road Traffic Amendment Act 2013 to become law. After all, they didn't know it was going to rain or that pedestrians might want to use the footpath! Now, you wouldn't slag them off for being depressed because the gorthee won't let them drive home after getting jarred in their nearest pub which isn't within walking distance or taxi range from their homes, would you?

    It's a dimella, a pure dimella.


  • #93
    btard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 391 ✭✭btard


    SV wrote: »
    hold on...hold on, the complaint is that you might not be able to see the parked cars and end up walking into them?


    Ya couldn't really make this up..it doesn't get dark enough that you'd miss a parked car in the middle of the countryside on a cloudy night, let alone anywhere with paths.

    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


  • #94
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    It annoys me too. I wouldn't say it's terribly dangerous, people are still responsible for looking left and right before stepping onto the road. But it's mildly inconvenient for me, so I can imagine it's even more inconvenient for an old person, someone with a buggy or on crutches/in a wheelchair. Should be a fine to block the path, if it isnt already.


  • #95
    hollster2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭hollster2


    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.

    EXACTLY maybe sv didnt have his weetabix this morning!!


  • #96
    docmol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 339 ✭✭docmol


    i don't walk all that well anymore, getting up and down to the shops now takes half an hour, it used to take ten minutes. stepping out onto the road is not something i'm going to do because some prat parks on the path to be 10 meters nearer the shop he wants to visit. if i can fit comfortably between the car and the wall grand, if not i'll take out the wing mirror as i'm going by. and sv, i have done this on way to many occasions. learn to park


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  • #97
    dub_skav
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭dub_skav


    A number of people have used the defence that they park on the path if parking on the road would cause an obstruction.
    Well, tough.

    If the road would be completely obstructed then there should be a solid white line or double yellows, so you need to find somewhere else to park.
    If there are no double yellows or solid white line, then park correctly near the kerb and pay no mind to blocking the road - that is the council's problem.

    There is no circumstance where you are allowed to park on the path, so if necessary go and find somewhere else to park.

    This includes parking outside your house, if there is nowhere to park, tough. You probably knew that when you moved in, but just thought screw it I'll just break the law every day.


  • #98
    Rasheed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Rasheed


    P.C. wrote: »
    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!

    Very good point. Or someone with a severe hearing loss. The footpath is there to provide safety for those people that are walking/ using a wheelchair.

    God forbid something would happen a person walking on the road to avoid a vehicle parked on the path, but it would be classed as their fault for being on the road or the drivers fault for hitting them. Fûckface in van/ car would probably get away grand.


  • #99
    fishy fishy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭fishy fishy


    take a note of the registration and then call it into the cops explaining that the vehicle was illegally parked and posed a threat to pedestrians and could they give a warning. It's amazing how the next time you see that vehicle parked it is done on the road, legally, leaving room for pedestrians and wheelchair users and small children to actually walk on the footpath.


  • #100
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Pedestrians don't sit on the road restricting or obstructing your movement so why do you plonk your contraption the narrow little thoroughfare set aside specifically for their use?


  • #101
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Report them all, OP, to local authority and AGS.

    If either set of law enforcers (a purely technical term) are like the ones in my area, then they won't care all that much.

    But if you keep pestering them they might act.

    You need to be persistent. Despite the law, arseholes parking on the footpath is utterly normal, indeed expected, in this country, so seeking to raise the issue with the authorities often feels like trying to speak colloquial Swahili to a hearing-impaired Inuit.

    There is no shortage of people trying to justify it on Boards either, though luckily there's is also a goodly cohort who actually care about things such as parking regs, consideration for others and the access needs/rights of pedestrians, disabled people, children and the elderly.

    Have a browse through this (contentious and closed) thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055438379


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