No required cycle track sign at the location
The €80 fine for parking in a cycle track only applies if a specific upright sign — RUS 009, RUS 058, or RUS 059 — is in place at that stretch of cycle track. Without one of those signs, the €80 fine cannot legally be issued. A painted cycle lane on its own, with no matching upright sign, is not enough to support this fine.
Legal basis
S.I. No. 525/2022 Schedule 3 (reference no. 2: art.36(2)(m) 'where traffic sign number RUS 009, RUS 058 or RUS 059 is provided'); Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 182/1997) as amended.
How to identify this in your case
Look at your photos of the spot where you parked. Can you see an upright sign marked RUS 009, RUS 058, or RUS 059 covering that exact stretch in either direction? If there is no such sign — just painted markings on the road — this ground may apply to you.
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