dont park in the auckland central asb headoffice (the big tall building) lobby bit

**pyrocam** · 12th July 2005, 16:15

Doing errands today. parked on footpath outside AA (crashe, i got my rego

) went around the block and parked just inside the tile lobby area outside the ASB with arty stuff. went into the bank depositied check and came out. but I was clamped!

they are pretty strict there.

oh yeah, I just saw bike and yelled explitives at the situation until a nice but rather burly fellow came out from his vantage point and unlocked it with a warning.

**placidfemme** · 12th July 2005, 16:45

I didn't realise they clamped bikes

Good to hear you only got a warning

**crashe** · 12th July 2005, 16:57

Originally Posted by pyrocam

Doing errands today. parked on footpath outside AA (crashe, i got my rego

) went around the block and parked just inside the tile lobby area outside the ASB with arty stuff. went into the bank depositied check and came out. but I was clamped!

they are pretty strict there.

oh yeah, I just saw bike and yelled explitives at the situation until a nice but rather burly fellow came out from his vantage point and unlocked it with a warning.

Well done on getting your REGO me lad

Ok thats a first I have heard of a bike being clamped.

I always park out on the footpath near the roadside in the city, never in lobbys/doorways...
Well at least they didnt tow you away or give you a hefty fine....

Wonder how much a fine would be????????

**pyrocam** · 12th July 2005, 18:32

Originally Posted by crashe

Well done on getting your REGO me lad

Ok thats a first I have heard of a bike being clamped.

I always park out on the footpath near the roadside in the city, never in lobbys/doorways...
Well at least they didnt tow you away or give you a hefty fine....

Wonder how much a fine would be????????

$40 from building management.
yknow the place crashe? we walked right past it last night. just before the end of federal st on the left. I was against the wall and everything.

it was just a green a4 paper too. so I suspect the security gaurd was just waiting for a bike/scooter to come so he could get his jollies/power high or something

**crashe** · 12th July 2005, 19:26

Originally Posted by pyrocam

$40 from building management.
yknow the place crashe? we walked right past it last night. just before the end of federal st on the left. I was against the wall and everything.

it was just a green a4 paper too. so I suspect the security gaurd was just waiting for a bike/scooter to come so he could get his jollies/power high or something

Ok I will believe you that we walked past the building last night..

I was concentrating on walking up that HUGE hill.... or would you call it a shuffle up that HUGE hill.

I ain't walked up many hills of late... and that stuffed me up for a wee while.
That escalator was great thou....

**FEINT** · 12th July 2005, 22:27

They can't clamp you if you park on the pavement itself can they????

**pyrocam** · 12th July 2005, 22:37

Originally Posted by FEINT

They can't clamp you if you park on the pavement itself can they????

I dont THEY could. they only clamped me cos I was on private property (as per the security gaurd) the parking wardens proberly could if they carried them and you were obstructing traffic. more likely they would just ticket you.

**FEINT** · 12th July 2005, 22:41

I see... I park on the pavements when I am in town as well. I always thought that pavements were council property and only the wardens could give you grief. I don't think I will be parking on Private Property then.

I better keep an eye out for those traffic wardens then....

**Zapf** · 12th July 2005, 23:07

in melbourne during a sunny weekday you'll see at lease a dozen bikes parked in each office building lobby... fancy seeing that in New Zealand

**inlinefour** · 13th July 2005, 02:22

They are really out for making money these days. Like many others I to was unaware that they clamped bikes.

**Ixion** · 13th July 2005, 02:42

What is particularly vexatious about this is that those lobbies are there only because the Auckland City Council gives the developer a huge kickback in exchange for them (in the form of reduced fees, or exemption from the rules on size etc).

The lobbies are SUPPOSED to be provided as a public benefit. They are purportedly places where the public have free access AS OF RIGHT. Not that anyone would ever know.

**Big Dave** · 13th July 2005, 02:56

Originally Posted by Zapf

in melbourne during a sunny weekday you'll see at lease a dozen bikes parked in each office building lobby... fancy seeing that in New Zealand

Wow - 2 or 3 times a year!

**pyrocam** · 13th July 2005, 12:58

guys dont forget it wasnt the council that clamped me. it was the ASB building management.

which was kinda lucky actually

**skidz** · 13th July 2005, 14:30

Don't the wankers have anything better to do?
they should install more M/C parks.

**pyrocam** · 13th July 2005, 19:08

Originally Posted by skidz

Don't the wankers have anything better to do?
they should install more M/C parks.

hah. I was being lazy. there was one across the road. I was only in there for 5mins so I didnt think anything of it.

Ive noticed more and more bikes parking on the viaduct harbour ave but I dont want to park there to come back and find 5 bikes with clamps or tickets on them. so I use the saftey of a parking building while at work