Incredibly the ROI is now the second richest country in the world. Finfacts Ireland July 06; however, town centres are dying across the country as parking fascists enforce draconian measures there; rich punters are splurging in retail parks instead, where your abandoned vehicle will not necessarily be permanently immobilised or destroyed in a controlled explosion for clipping a bit of yellow paint.

So the humble meter maid is contributing to urban sprawl. Chambers of Commerce across the State need to wake up to this one. A review of all yellow lines here is also well overdue.

Bus users have less spending power than motorists, so why penalise the serious cash that is keeping your town centre alive?


Common encounters:

• My car does not have a sun-roof, so please do not park so close to me. Still, there is always the ski-hatch…

• Yes, just throw open that driver door outside Spar, I’ll swerve into oncoming traffic avoid it.

• As per Woody Allen: “its ok, we can walk to the kerb from here”.

• Its not an articulated lorry, it’s a Nissan Micra.

• Why not drive into the space, instead of spending 10 minutes rocking back & forth causing a tailback, you mother & father of all spanners?

& finally an old favourite of mine:

• “You could take up three spaces if you parked it sideways, you total ass clown”.

Any populace that bad at parking need obstacles removing, not placing.


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