I find that this happens all the time in this country, and everyone just accepts it as normal. It’s scary when I haven’t walk my baby onto incoming traffic because some driver takes up the footpath. Why is this seen as acceptable?

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  4. Because this nation worships at the altar of the car, not least of the which the Gardaí and councils.

  5. The frustration thing is that this is right in front of Galway hospital, with a giant parking lot just on the other side of that wall. And yes, it happens all the time. It’s just a lack of caring for the safety of others.

    But at least if you get hit you’re already at the hospital, right?

  6. Only for there’s a kid in the buggy the usual Newstalk Dads would be all over this with the “_he’s doing a job, cyclists and pedestrians ruin everything”_ shite.

  7. People should invest in “No Parking” stickers for the windscreen. They are impossible to get off, so if they become common for drivers like this it would help with the problem.

  8. They do it because they are cunts and know in the majority of cases there is no downside.

    Its all about convenience for them, no concern for anyone else.

    So unlikely to get a ticket/fine.

    I had a silly bitch park in my driveway a few times because it was handy for picking up her kid from school.Im about 20 feet closer to the gate than the provided carpark.

    She was like a bull when I confronted her one afternoon.

  10. Just get onto the food company Sysco and complain about their drivers doing this. Not allowed to park where they want

  16. Hey! I have that buggy too! I also get forced onto the road frequently. The answer is they park there because they are selfish, and know they will face no consequences.

  17. Isn’t there supposed to be a fine for this, blocking some or all of a footpath? How is it that collecting the fines for stuff like this isn’t profitable…I could find a couple per hour, easily.

  18. This is my biggest pet peeves!!! I despise when people do this. The young one who lives across the road from us, her boyfriend parks his car right up on the path outside *our* house and stays for days. Every time I’ve to go out on the road with the buggy!!

  19. They’re being considerate. Don’t want to be blocking traffic and all that. You’re just a lowly pedestrian.

  21. How the city of New York is dealing with this issue.

    If a sidewalk or cycle lane is obstructed in the wonderful city of New York you can take a picture of said “I can park anywhere and get away with it because I’m a douche” and upload it to some app and you will get a percentage of the persons fine.

    I believe Casey Neistat made a video about it, see link below

    [Casey Neistat](https://youtu.be/6ksZoza2Fhc)

  26. I used to work there drivers don’t care at all, email them with license plate and day/time and say driver should be disciplined and they’ll get written up part of procedure

  31. I used to live very near a school and at drop off and pick up there were always cars on the path, this was just pure laziness as there were car parking spaces further up the road.

    It was a horrible busy road and I lost my shit at a woman one day after yet again having to walk my daughters pram onto the road around a massive SUV. I’m usually pretty non confrontational but every so often something boils my piss enough that I speak up.

    Probably the wrong course of action but I did call her a cunt in front of her children and then repeated it when she said excuse me instead of apologising. Didn’t see her parked on the path again after that.

  32. I had a car pull up and park like this literally in front of me while I was pushing my baby in his buggy. It was a nurse calling to someone’s house, she blocked their EMPTY driveway. She definitely saw me too. Don’t know why she didn’t just park in the driveway!

  35. Parking in Ireland is nuts, one of the first things that shocked me when I moved here.
    People will just park anywhere and nothing happens, stuff that would get your car towed in minutes in a lot of other countries

  37. Ya it’s a proper joke, we had some Polish neighbours move in next to my grandparents, and they seem nice, I’m biased cos I’m married into a Polish family but when it comes to parking they’re complete a-holes

    Our sidewalks are used frequently by parents with buggies, small kids coming to school through our area and most importantly multiple wheelchair-bound people yet the husband in the family, despite having a literal driveway insists on fucking parking on top of the footpath to the point his car is borderline touching the wall of his garden meaning its impossible to pass.

    Even without a driveway, there’s more than enough room to park without touching the sidewalk.

    He’s a genuine selfish a-hole.

    The best part is when I moved with my partner I found out all her neighbours do the same thing and everyone one of the dickheads have driveways and estate roads the size of 3 lanes at least so there’s no excuse for them to either yet they insist on blocking everyone walking

  38. It’s not enforced enough here. It’s an 80 euro fine and you can report. I don’t know what happens after you do or if they even follow it up.

  39. Sysco are hugely understaffed with drivers (because they pay peanuts and pre-existing understaffing makes it a stressful job).

    So drivers are constantly behind schedule and would park on top of someone if it meant getting the delivery done and out of the way.

    That’s not to justify this parking, which is ridiculous. Just to contextualise it.

    Source: Worked in their call centre. Constant complaints about parking jobs like this one, and constant complaints about deliveries being late too. The company is well aware.

  41. I was dealing with this when I’d walk with my infant as well. I stopped and waited because it was a guys van not a commercial truck. He apologised and I just glared at him. Making you walk into traffic with an infant is not on. Fuck anyone who does this.

  44. Only way is to give them penalty points and fines for the contracting company so they dont set unreasonable targets for the drivers.

  49. The cinema in Tralee is on the outskirts adjacent to the main N86 Road to Dingle. There must have been a popular movie on as the cinema carpark was full so dozens of cars parked outside the cinema grounds on the footpath and half on the busy road obstructing both foot path and road making it dangerous for pedestrians and road traffic alike on this busy national secondary road.

    When the cinemagoers came out, they all had ticket fines on their windscreens. Unfortunately the reaction on social media and in the local press was one of collective outrage that these poor folks who were only enjoying a couple of hours out were unfairly penalised. This is unfortunately the sort of attitude Ireland has to contend with and why zero tolerance of illegal parking will never be entertained.

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