I don't understand your point?
This van was parked in a very dangerous position. Not just making it inconvenient for traffic. But making it dangerous for people to get past on a busy corner.
There is plenty of parking nearby which would be on double yellow lines but not dangerous. I fully appreciate that some classes of vehicles e.g. clampers, ambulances and cash in transit vans should have some leeway.
Brendan
That's not a second side to the story. A second side would be something like the van being in a legal parking space that wasn't shown in the photo/description.Two sides to every story
Security cash workers issue safety ultimatum
WORKERS in the cash-in-transit (CIT) industry will not operate in “high-risk” locations unless a series of actions are urgently taken, it emerged last night.www.irishexaminer.com
We live together in a society. Just because you don't feel it's important, it doesn't mean people with their park-anywhere lights on can break the law and put others in danger. If enough people feel a law is wrong for some reason (and I don't think a large proportion would think the parking described here is acceptable), it should be discussed and possibly changed democratically, not just ignored.I think the guards would have more serious crimes too investigate than a van parked in a dangerous position for a few minutes.
I agree - enforcement is abysmal.I think you are missing the wider issue. If there is low risk enforcement the benefits outweigh the risks.
Which equivalence?Unless parking caused those 155 its a false equivalence.
Which equivalence?
Also, I said that we should do things that reduce the number of deaths. I didn't say they were all caused by dangerous parking.
I'm reminded of the time that the medic got his car clamped on the Crescent in Galway for parking badly while saving a child's life in a medical emergency. The child's dad's car got clamped too. Galway City Council eventually ended clamping following the public outcry. https://www.independent.ie/irish-ne...-up-taking-sick-boy-to-hospital-25915221.htmlThat's not a second side to the story. A second side would be something like the van being in a legal parking space that wasn't shown in the photo/description.
The issue of managing cash safely is a separate one. Just because the cash van company and/or the commercial premises involved haven't come up with a safe solution for themselves doesn't give them the right to break the law and endanger other people.
Are you claiming that dangerous parking never causes any deaths? I'd be surprised if it doesn't. A few seconds searching just now found this:If parking isn't a factor. Enforcement of it will have no effect on those type of deaths.
No doubt bad parking causes lots of problems for people, and should be enforced.
Is your suggestion a free-for-all then? If so, I don't agree. it would be better to solve both problems separately: suitable safe measures in place for emergency situations like that; and enforcement to tackle dangerous parking/driving. You and I are, I'm sure, both very concerned about children's lives - look at how dangerous the roads are for children.I'm reminded of the time that the medic got his car clamped on the Crescent in Galway for parking badly while saving a child's life in a medical emergency. The child's dad's car got clamped to. Galway City Council eventually ended clamping following the public outcry. https://www.independent.ie/irish-ne...-up-taking-sick-boy-to-hospital-25915221.html
I repeat - Are you claiming that dangerous parking never causes any deaths?Thats 2012 so it can't be part of your 155 from last year.
I repeat - Are you claiming that dangerous parking never causes any deaths?
I made no suggestion, so you've nothing to disagree with.Is your suggestion a free-for-all then? If so, I don't agree.
So, are some type of dangerous parking unacceptable but others are ok?Did you read the story you quoted.
"....It was the prosecution case that Meade had parked her black Opel Astra outside Mr Corbett's home, facing the traffic in a dangerous position with the headlights on. It was alleged that Meade had acted recklessly by disregarding a warning that the lights from her car were blinding oncoming motorists...."
I didn't say you made a suggestion - I asked if you had a suggestion.I made no suggestion, so you've nothing to disagree with.
Let's try again - do you feel that dangerous parking (such as highlighted by Brendan here) is safe?You making associations with things that may not be associated.
No one's saying, parking is does not warrant enforcement. But you can't associate as you are doing.
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