Ombudsman’s car parked in disabled space

Mr Victor vella

Oct 10th 2011, 13:35

Inside the vehicle is a piece of paper on the dashboard, declaring it is used to transport Chief Justice Emeritus and Ombudsman Joseph Said Pullicino.
Tajba din. Mur obsor. Dak ezempju. Kulhadd tikbirlu rasu go dan il-pajjiz min ghandu daqxejn ta` poter.

Mr C Galea

Oct 10th 2011, 00:28

book him

Reno Calleja

Oct 9th 2011, 21:44

It seems that Ms Micallef Cannataci and Mr. Vella do not know that sometimes I use humour wrapped in sarcasm. True soetimes the edge of my knife can be very sharp. However I assure the Ombudsman and his driver that I mean no harm

Christian Sciberras

Oct 9th 2011, 21:36

What about mechanics in George Borg Olivier Str (Victoria, Gozo) that take up a whole lane? And the *very intelligent* people that park on the other side (making a two-lane road into one)?

Ms Monica Muscat

Oct 9th 2011, 21:14

What I have noticed is that it seem that many of our drivers are becoming..... disabled. Parking bays for disabled persons are mushrooming (at least in Valletta, where I live). What sort of disability must one have to qualify. I might just think of one for myself!!! Does being in your late eighties or early nineties, make you disabled? (I am not in that age bracket, anyway!)

I was under the impression that a person, after reaching a certain age, has to undergo a yearly driving test before his licence is renewed. If this is true, how foolproof is the system of assessment? I happen to know of a driver, who drives to work from one street of Valletta to another, has wrecked a number of cars when parking, and sports a notice on his dashboard - "Disabled, over 80 years old!!" Can the authorities give a plausible explaination to this charade?

JOSEPH VELLA

Oct 9th 2011, 19:57

Mela isimġħu din. Karozza pparkeġġjata fi Triq id-Dejqa fiż-żona tar-residenti minġħajr il-permess meħtieġ u barra minn hekk kienet qieġħda tieħu spazju ta' żewġ karozzi. Ċempilt l-uffiċċju tal-Wardens u min irrispondi qaltli li biex inċempel lill-kunsill jew l-ġħassa tal-pulizija biex jġħidulhom jibġħatu Warden

Mr Anthony Borg

Oct 9th 2011, 16:40

Thank you “timesofmalta.com” for highlighting abuses to us your readers.

I would suggest to Mr.Grima to take photos of the cars which park in this sport and send them to the editor.

Law-abiding citizens are increasingly feeling that certain people can get away with impunity when breaking laws.

Mr Eric Gahn

Oct 9th 2011, 16:00

Who watches the watchers' watcher?

Mr Peter Agius

Oct 9th 2011, 14:36

If I were the Ombudsman, I would not show my face tomorrow. Shame. Your credibility is next to zero.

Mr Tony Camilleri

Oct 9th 2011, 13:22

What about the car dealers in Triq il-Mina ta' Hompesch and Sqaq Ġanton who occupy the whole pavement and under the pavement with their vehicles and don't leave any space for the residents? Pavement is wide enough for two cars parked side by side and a car parked there doesn't interfere with persons using the pavement but these car dealers even park their vehicles across the pavement closing it completely in a very heavy traffic main road. They also park their cars on the pavement in front of their showroom. Aren't car dealers not supposed to park their cars in the streets?
While at it, when are the authorities going to put up a central barrier to stop motorists from crossing the road to the petrol stations and the supermarket?
Hardly a week passes without several accidents taking place.
Why can vehicles going to Zabbar cross three lanes to go into the government housing estate while those going out of the housing estate cannot do the same if they are going to Żabbar?
Time for the police to take action and stop these illegalities by these car dealers and for the authorities to put up a central barrier.

Godfrey Grima

Oct 9th 2011, 12:03

I got TWO tickets for leaving my car unattended for a few minutes at a time beneath a Stop sign. Guilty as charged, and I paid my fines. But not without a fight. A GVM registered car, marked OPM on both front doors is very often parked in the same spot for entire nights until late morning. Even entire days on holidays sometimes. So I presented pictures in the tribunal. Lots of them. And, for good measure, I threw in one picture of a police assistant commissioner's service car parked in the same spot for 4 hours. The warden happens to live in the neighbourhood. But he only seems to have noticed my car. Twice! But never the numerous other occasions of defaulting more equal neighbours. The OPM have assured me that their man too gets tickets. Little consolation as, up until last week, his car was observed TWICE on the same spot.

John Falzon

Oct 9th 2011, 11:49

Where are the wardens?

Mr Peter Murray

Oct 9th 2011, 11:32

The Ombudsman can always make"recommendations" about his own actions -as thats all he can do with citizens grievances when these are sustained .Why no answer though to queries regarding his ability to be disabled-or maybe its the car's driver that has a disability ?

P Mifsud

Oct 9th 2011, 10:27

Surely you mean "Space for the disabled"

George Azzopardi

Oct 9th 2011, 10:23

an example of leading by example

M Vella***

Oct 9th 2011, 08:37

Tutti Uguali, my left foot!

Reno Calleja

Oct 9th 2011, 08:18

maybe the Ombudsman and his driver have special needs

A. Borg

Oct 9th 2011, 07:47

All men are equal, but some are more equal than others.

Mr Alfred Camenzuli

Oct 9th 2011, 07:47

Walking from Pieta to Msida on the left side of the road the pavement is always blocked by cars Vans and even trucks so we pedestrians have to walk on the road with incoming traffic to Msida, Traffic police, Wardens and Police cars keeps going as all is OK.
Anzjan