Amazing, while watching BBC London News, there was a report about wheel clampers [:o)] who now can't earn a living, because they have not received paperwork from the S.I.A. to allow them to carry on clamping on private land, it appeared that they were expecting sympathy for their problem.
Yeah right, like the sympathy and understanding they have when they clamp, and extort money from drivers. [}:)] [:(!]
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It was also mentioned on the report that they might have to increase their charges to cover the period when they were not earning/working.
So the already expensive fines that they inflict upon drivers will go up, so they can be extorted even more. [:(!]
Just imagine the conversation "Yes sir it will cost you £600 to have your car released from the clamp, but if we tow it it will cost £1000."
What a bunch of A***H***S clampers are. [:(!]
So the already expensive fines that they inflict upon drivers will go up, so they can be extorted even more. [:(!]
Just imagine the conversation "Yes sir it will cost you £600 to have your car released from the clamp, but if we tow it it will cost £1000."
What a bunch of A***H***S clampers are. [:(!]
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with regards to removing a clamp, jacking the car and letting down the tire is the way to go, however the clamp has to be handed into the police as lost property, unless some one can show you that they own the clamp (i.e. a recept, working for the company isnt enough).
so long as you folow this you havent broken the old laws (not sure if the new legisation changes this).
Andy
so long as you folow this you havent broken the old laws (not sure if the new legisation changes this).
Andy
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Unfortunately this doesn't work with the clamps used by the council round here- they are also chained round the strut or any handy crossmember or arm, and you have to do a fair bit of dismantling as well- most of which will probably require the wheel to be removed, so what people do is just smash or grind the padlock off- for some reason they use cheap padlocks.
Don't rely on having a lowered Citroen to prevent being clamped either!! They may not be able to get a council chain clamp on, but The DVLA untaxed vehicle unit clamps are a pretty compact claw type and don't extend much above hub level!!
Unfortunately this doesn't work with the clamps used by the council round here- they are also chained round the strut or any handy crossmember or arm, and you have to do a fair bit of dismantling as well- most of which will probably require the wheel to be removed, so what people do is just smash or grind the padlock off- for some reason they use cheap padlocks.
Don't rely on having a lowered Citroen to prevent being clamped either!! They may not be able to get a council chain clamp on, but The DVLA untaxed vehicle unit clamps are a pretty compact claw type and don't extend much above hub level!!
I was amused to hear a radio station or was it a newspaper advocate simply cutting the padlock with bolt cutters on the basis that the clampers wouldn't dare make a complaint to the police. The advice then was simply leave the calmp where you found it!
This wouldn't apply to local authority etc clamps.
Jeremy
This wouldn't apply to local authority etc clamps.
Jeremy