Comments on: Parking on footpaths

By: John Smith

John Smith — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:11:04 +0000

The problem with an absolute 0 alcohol limit is that your mouthwash, the christmas cake and even orange juice can put you over. Non alcoholic beer certainly can, since it still contains some small quantity of alcohol. It’s the like drug tests used in american companies that test for narcotics and have been proven to test positive on people who ate food containing poppy seeds.
This leads into dangerous territory where there is a persecution of people who did not drink as such, but merely inadvertently ingested very small quantities of alcohol. The legal limit should reflect that and take trace elements of alcohol into account. It is probably to high as it is, at 80mg, since virtually every country in Europe has a 50mg limit, but a total 0 limit would put everyone who even takes cough syrup or other medication based on alcohol off the road.

By: jd

jd — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:46:01 +0000

in some respects ( I was going to say..but these two comments should be deleted..

By: jd

jd — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:39:16 +0000

I have! read the thread again ( on the web site). I think Justtheone agress with you.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:38:43 +0000

Hey JD,
I have re-read it and my points stand, maybe you should reread the mail chain

By: jd

jd — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:05:12 +0000

Hi Dave,
I think you should read again what Justtheone wrote.
jd

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:37:29 +0000

Justtheone, i can give no credence to your argument that ‘because there are no taxis it was ok to drive home druck’ that is one of the most childish comparisons i have ever read, of course it is be no means ever ok to drink drive, and i for one belive me should have a zero tolerance limit, however, if you read my original comments you will see that i did and do continue to park on the footpath in carbra as there is NOWHERE to park, the footpath is not obstructed, and there is room for both buggies/bikes and wheelchairs to pass. However, i would agree with safety1st that this is NOT the most serious offence, and the justification that it clocks up the most fines/points is not justified as it is easy for Gardai to hand out parking fines, but more serious than this would be speeding/drink driving/driving while suing a phone or applying makeup. As usual due to bad planning the city is in chaos, but should i be expected to park my private vehicle away from the home i pay good money for, no, which is why my ticket was correctly recinded by the Supt. of Fitgibbon st.

By: ray

ray — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:26:13 +0000

Parking on the footpath is a problem in every town & city in Ireland, due to the fact that their are simply not enough public parking spaces available. There are 1 million more cars on the roads than there were in 1995, but there are certainly not 1 million more parking spaces ! Also, when considering buying/renting a house, would it not make sense to ensure there is adequate parking available instead of just deciding you’re going to park on the footpath? Finally, in Roscommon where I live, we recently had a problem where wing mirrors were being kicked off cars by local knobheads. Funnily, it was only happening to cars that were parked on footpaths !

By: JustTheOne

JustTheOne — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:30:59 +0000

I think some people are missing the point… just because there is nowhere else to park does not give you the right to park on the footpath.
It would be like saying… There were no taxis available so I had no choice but to drive home from the pub your Honour.

By: Ceanna Claar

Ceanna Claar — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:36:10 +0000

::safety1st:: FACT. It is the most serious offence on the site BECAUSE it attracts the most points on conviction. The facts. Maybe you should stick to them.

So two people killed is alright then is it?

These people came across cars parked on footpaths on busy roads, stepped out to pass along and were killed. Very simple stories. You can understand I hope. I’m sure the wiseguys who obstructed these people had some excuse too.

Everybody has an excuse.

By: safety1st

safety1st — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:41:51 +0000

sorry my pc is acting up… to continue with my say….I know cabra very well and you have no other option but to park like this, I lived in crumlin for a spell and had to park on the path as well and if it’s a residential area and it’s your house you have every right to park there and backing up my claim here is the fact that he got the ticket squashed. It is the law that you can’t park on the foot path and I believe anyone who parks on one that causes an obstruction should be fined but were else can he park ?? some estates in dublin were designed badly so why should he be punished for this and there is no room in these estates for parking. Should he park in a car park miles away and pay for it…no I don’t think so and even if there was a place to park I’m sure the lads in cabra would have a field day with the cars so why should he be subjected to this. I can bet that all of the people that are blasting this lad for this “parking on the path” all have places to park their cars and are no angles themselves. Futher more ceanna clarr if you think that this is the “most serious offence” on this site I think you should have a look around the site..talk about picking on someone. And 2 people killed on the roads because there were cars on the path, for some reason I think there is more to that story than the little bit you wrote. And JustTheOne made a good point about parking on the next street but I’m afraid he probably couldn’t and wouldn’t because I’m sure the next street is the same.