BLUCHER 1 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Talking to a mate yesterday, tells me he went to manchester for the hull city man city game on saturday, anyway after the game goes back to the car to find it wheelclamped, along with 6 other cars in the same street. All the owners looking for the no parking sign they finally spot it about 12 feet up on a lampost, the sign measured about 15 inches by about 5 inches no wonder no one spotted it. Anyway he was approached by three shaven headed gorrillas, another three were sitting in the crew cab, you know the type hard as nails when mob handed, quiet as a church mouse in a 1 to 1 situation. The outcome was they all had to pay £150 each to have the clamps released, if thats not highway robbery what is. By the way all the gorrillas were of various ethnic origins none of them english, great exercise for race relations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
craigyboy 1,274 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 robbing c**ts makes my piss boil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Attack Fell Terrier 864 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Yeah, wheel clamping is just a legal way to rob people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 I'm not sure if that was legal mate. The sign has to be well visible and somewhere obvious, not the size of a match book and 12 ft off the ground. Phone the police and report it, sounds like a scam to me especially if they have such a large mob of them there. He might get his money back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Someone should start up a mobile petrol angle grinding business. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slogger 13 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Someone should start up a mobile petrol angle grinding business. Put me down as the north east contingent as i hate these sort of people , but the method of choice for me might be something more stealthy , Anyone know where i can get a flask of liquid nitrogen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mbrydenuk 14 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 you can drill the locks on them just the same as barrells on pvc doors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mbrydenuk 14 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 you can drill the locks on them just the same as barrells on pvc doors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shepp 2,285 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Someone should start up a mobile petrol angle grinding business. Put me down as the north east contingent as i hate these sort of people , but the method of choice for me might be something more stealthy , Anyone know where i can get a flask of liquid nitrogen I was thinking of cutting off the clamps not removing the limbs of the clamper. Nice thought though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swampy 147 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Completely illegal mate. 1.Signage has to be clear and visable and comply to rigorous standards in realtion to size of lettering colour etc. 2.A sign on its own is not (in most cases)suffficient on its own and has to be acompanied by road markings 3.Demanding large sums of money from anyone in the street for whatever reason is illegal. How many people HAVE £150 let alone carry it around with them. 4.The punishment should fit the crime. ie £150 for parking an a meter that has only just run out by 2 mins is unacceptable. There is a web site (isn't there always) for issues such as these. I'll try and find ithe link. Councils accross the country will find that if every member of the public who gets a ticket and challenges it for any of the above reasons will end up forking out millions as nearly all councils do not comply to the legislation. BTW Double yellow lines have to be painted a certain width must end with a bar (T) at the end and cannot run in a circle. Painted lines all have specific criteria that have to be met and any contravention of that critera makes a parking ticket technically void. Even the wording of parking tickets have to be worded correctly. It might cost you some initial outlay money but as long as your right you'll get your costs back. Most councils don't want the additional cost of that and will right the ticket off with a terse letter saying "don't do it again". Its worth it in my view but I just like getting one over on the bureaucrats. Oh and one more thing....demanding money with menaces is also an offense so four guys in the back of a van could be deemed as intimidating. My mate got clamped once and "hired" (borrowed his mates)recovery vehicle, took his own clamped vehicle home on the back. Got a letter demanding he return the clamp and pay the fine. Said he would once they had paid for the hire of the vehicle the hire of a car while his was immobilised and recind the ticket. He didn't get a ticket and they paid for a hire vehicle! The recovery vehicle in their view was deemed an unnecessary action! Good luck Ticketless ning for 4 yrs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bert69 5 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Some b*****ds clamped my mates old hilux ages ago with this shitty little clamp, the sort of thing that you find on caravans on peoples drives (halfords special). As he came back to the vehical these two clampers were waiting there watching so he just jumped in and drove off he said it clunked a few times then broke off. The two clampers were going ape shit and he never heard a word from them! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steviemann 5 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Some b*****ds clamped my mates old hilux ages ago with this shitty little clamp, the sort of thing that you find on caravans on peoples drives (halfords special). As he came back to the vehical these two clampers were waiting there watching so he just jumped in and drove off he said it clunked a few times then broke off. The two clampers were going ape shit and he never heard a word from them! Class Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Onan 6 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Scum of the earth clampers along with bailiffs which is also another front for daylight robbery... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabbithunter 456 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 someone told me a while ago, that if you deflate the tyre, the clamp will slip off? Leaving you to remove the flat wheel [or re-inflate it, if you have a pump handy] & put the spare on. Like the idea with the recovery truck I've heard that a good sledge hammer can also be an effective way of removeing a DVLA [roadtax] clamp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leeview 791 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 A well known breakers yard in South Leeds,one of the brother's was wheel clamped while out shopping with their lass, he phoned his brother who turned up with the hiab,at this point the clampers turned up and asked them what they were doing? they told them they were taking the car back to their yard, where they would remove the wheel and hub deflate the tyre and remove the clamp undamaged(very important to remember that)and they could collect it anytime they liked and it would be on top of Simbas kennel it never did get collected Y.I.S Leeview Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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