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Parking tickets could be issued by Dublin City Council parking wardens for the first time in over twenty years.
City Council bosses want to give on-the-spot fixed-penalty notices of €40 to drivers who block bus lanes, bike paths and clearways.
They say too many drivers are dodging fines by moving their car before the council tow truck arrives. Clamping the offending vehicle ensures that the disruption to the bus or bike lane continues until such time as the owner returns and
pays the fine and has the clamp removed, and so in general is not the preferred option, says City Council Parking Enforcement Officer Dermot Stevenson. Relocating the vehicle is therefore the preferable approach but while waiting for the tow truck to arrive the offending vehicle may be removed by the owner.