Anything goes in Sandyford. DLRCO have paid parking on the roadways in the estate extending almost to the tee junctions with other roads. People are encouraged to park within 5 metres of the junctions adjacent to a continuous white middle line and charged for the privilege. I reported this to the gardai and got no response. I was using these roads while my daughters were learning to drive and they are dangerous as a result of the parked cars.
Is there no offence of Dangerous Parking?
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I think the guards would have more serious crimes too investigate than a van parked in a dangerous position for a few minutes.
Look at Grandma doing her thing.
Around the blind corner comes a car.
Grandma say's " They haven't seen me"
Bang !
Goodbye Grandma.
The teenage girl won't be too upset.
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Although there's a fella on his moped checking parking tickets all the time there!!
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Ever hear of the broken windows theory?
Which is, arguably, a fallacy if you read up on it.
Yes, he won't be bothered as the cars are parked in the marked out pay parking areas.
Just to clarify the marked out area is opposite to the continuous white line and too close to the junction corner. They are not parking without paying.
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I haven't researched it but am happy to wager that it's a fallacy that police ignoring parking violations by cash in transit handlers will encourage further crime and disorder.
So, is there more of this story to follow?
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To a degree. It certainly shouldn't be the basis of policing policy like it was under Guiliani in New York, especially with the excess sentencing in US courts.
I've seen same setup in Marino around one of its confusing circle parks \ giant roundabouts.
It's not just a DLR thing. Either the continuous white line should go, or the parking area.
But after this digression, we return to the thread to await closure on this anecdote.
Is there no offence of letting the air out of all four tyres?
As maddening and dangerous the parking is, they are exiting the shop most likely with a large amount of cash and with it all the danger that brings. Being positioned in the place that is the shortest route from the shop door to the van is probably something they are encouraged to do by a company policy.
Dangerous parking is OK once it's convenient for the van driver and covered by private company policy.
If the garda saw the dangerous parking, they could have given the driver 3 penalty points and a fine.
The RSA’s list of offences incurring penalty points says parking a vehicle in a dangerous position gets 3 penalty points and an €80 fine. On conviction it is 5 penalty points.
https://www.rsa.ie/docs/default-sou...ty-points-offences-2022.pdf?sfvrsn=7ef1d693_9
Actually Roads Policing units are there specifically to deal with issues like this.
And if you think of it, more people die and are seriously injured by a motor vehicle than any "criminal" act. So in terms of preventive injury and death this would be serious enough.
It's also a busy junction.
Love that.
Yes but it worked. If stupid and it works, then maybe it's not stupid. Its parody I know. Fire extinguisher going on fire.