motor tax

[John m]

Just talking to Nodgers Youngfella his mrs Car was clamped today in Drimnagh for NO ROAD TAX  new crowd took over from DCC .Also clamping cars for parking on footpaths .Going to be fun and games trying to get around some estates if cars are parked on both sides of the roads .If they paint Double Yellows there will be Street Riots .BE WARNED

[John m]

https://www.dublininquirer.com/council-pushes-clampers-to-expand-their-hunt-beyond-the-city-centre-into-the-suburbs/

[John m]

Snipers Alley Luas at Suir Road .Cars parked adjacent to the solid white line at the junction clamped Parking on paths around Bulfin Estate clamped .

[Rat Catcher]

Cunts was my initial thought... but I guess parking is at a premium in all these new housing schemes so why should they let untaxed motors clog the place up?

[watty]

The theory was that those new(-ish) apartments were granted planning permission with no parking because everybody was supposed to cycle or get the luas into town.  Guess what happened in real life - turns out (normal) people don't like cycling or mixing with the other plebs on the luas...

Why work a miserable 9-5 job if you can't reward yourself with something nice like a car?

Same idea is happening with the new planned 'town' out Walkinstown Rd way.  They're trying to have minimal or no parking.  But Mr White Van Man is not going to park his van+expensive tools 500m away in a communal parking zone.

[Rat Catcher]

If they reward themselves with a car they must pay the motor tax. FFS... even taxi owners who are, at least theoretically, contributing to reducing reliance on private car ownership as a means of commuting have to pay motor tax.