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(Message started by: lesterlad aka Rodders on Sep 4^th, 2010, 8:36am)

Title: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by lesterlad aka Rodders on Sep 4^th, 2010, 8:36am

Steve Appleby and his family stage a sit-in protest against the clampers of his Scorpio.
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/8369469.BROMLEY__Family_in_sit_in_protest_against_car_clampers/

Is this chap one of our members ?
His face seems familiar as I'm sure I have seen him at one of the meets.

The sooner the law on the ban on private land clamping gets passed the better

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by Highlander on Sep 7^th, 2010, 4:26pm

depending on where that chain goes from the top it looks like you could nearly reverse out of that ;)

At the most a loosened track rod end or wishbone to remove it ;)

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by PJDavis on Sep 7^th, 2010, 10:26pm

Shouldn't one keep the new ticket rather than putting on the outside? You could always say, that the new ticket had dropped off. A little thought may have helped. Still, I hate clampers, and as a resourceful engineer, normally have a pair of 36 inch Record 'Bolt-croppers' in the Boot! I can say I'm transferring them from one work-place to another!

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by Baz on Sep 15^th, 2010, 12:24am

I have to say that I am in favour of allowing clamping on private land. My business unit suffers from "school run syndrome" because we have a school next door to our business park which has no car park.

Because of this, the inconsiderate parents like to think it is OK to park their X5's all across our land and block off access to peoples units which restricts their customers being able to park and this happens twice a day for about 3/4 of an hour at a time.

We have asked the school to sort it and they have done nothing and so we have now brought in clampers who start on Monday for as long as it is legal. The signs went up yesterday and it made not one iota of a difference as the parents are so arrogant.... private land is just that; private. we also have the added danger of having kids running up and dow the car park when there are fork lift trucks and wagons delivering to units etc. It just aint safe

Look at it this way, would you be happy if someone came and parked on your drive twice a day for 3/4 of an hour at a time for 5 days a week while you were trying to get in or out of your house?

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by Tenfut on Sep 15^th, 2010, 8:59am

Hi Baz

How will the clampers know which are parents / customers cars?

Tony

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by Highlander on Sep 15^th, 2010, 9:06am

on 09/07/10 at 22:26:01, PJDavis wrote:

Of course this would be criminal damage and therefore illegal ;)

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by PJDavis on Sep 15^th, 2010, 9:19am

I once got caught trapped in the Eastgate Centre in Inverness. The Car-Park closed at 6pm, and it was about 5 past when I got to the barrier. Fortunately at the time I had a Landrover 90 with a 7hp winch on the front. So, I reversed the landrover in the region of the gate, un ravelled the winch hawse, put the hawse around one of the concrete pillars facing the gate, then attached to the gate. I also had an 'anchor' hawse that I attached to the rear towball and a concrete pillar behind. This way the Landy was well away from the gate when it 'Exploded' out of it's concrete stays! A very satisfying job well done. I did get a visit from the local constabulary the following evening, but I'd parked the landy around at a mates house, and he'd un-bolted the winch. Fortunately there were no witnesses. ;D

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by Highlander on Sep 15^th, 2010, 10:11am

on 09/15/10 at 09:19:41, PJDavis wrote:

Fortunately there were no witnesses. ;D

They don't require witnesses, you have just confessed! ;D

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by Baz on Sep 16^th, 2010, 8:18pm

Stuart,

the clampers waited on the site in a white van with "Nationwide Clamping" all over it. And still they came and parked.

Unbeliveably, one guy even pulled up having passed the van AND past a guy actually clamping another car, got out and ran off in the direction of the school..... needless to say he deserved the clamp he got for being sooooo stupid!

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by Mike H on Sep 17^th, 2010, 1:55pm

There was a radio topic about this couple of weeks ago, the real answer is government should stipulate a maximum legal limit for fines, but they won't, so unscruplulous operators can charge what they like. Hence the public backlash resulting in the ban. It's nuts.

All operators have be licenced, which they are, and there are clear rules like the warning signs must be 18 x 16 inches and clearly visible, if not you have a case for getting you money back and that sort of thing.

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by Baz on Sep 17^th, 2010, 8:50pm

On our car park, the signs are very large and spaced about every 4 metres.

There is nothing unscrupulous about the chaps doing ours and they have changed my opinion of some clampers.

The original story about putting the ticket under the wiper is nonsense...... nobody would do that and even think that it was acceptable and likely to be still there.... somebody coming on to park could have swiped it; if indeed it was ever there in the first place

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by rich1 on Sep 20^th, 2010, 7:19pm

im with baz on this , i live opposite a church and come sunday morning thats it , i cant go out untill theyve all b****red off , i know that there is no law against parking out side of peoples houses so i cant say nothing but what annoys me is the fact that the church has its own car park!!! but no they park across peoples driveways , so far up on the pavements that people can barely wlk past ...they are the most inconsidarate people ive ever come across , and in my opinion unconsidarate people deserve what ever they get........................................blimey that feels better off my chest!!!

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by Highlander on Sep 20^th, 2010, 7:23pm

Parking across someones driveway is illegal Rich, get the Police out.

There was a great uproar near me recently when the congregation came out to a load of parking tickets on their cars ;D

or you can do what they do in Glasgow and just slash the tyres :)

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by rich1 on Sep 20^th, 2010, 7:38pm

very tempted sometimes , but its the fact that the car park is almost empty that gets my back up , one day i couldnt get near my gaff to unload my shopping so i pulled into the car park and parked inches away from the door so they couldnt get out !!!childish i know but it made me feel better :)
and the next day the fella who runs it bought my wife a box of choclates to apoligize , he said he would tell his congregation to be more considarate next time ..................following sunday and nothing changed ::)

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by Jonnycab on Sep 23^rd, 2010, 1:58am

They should add an eleventh commandment.....

....."Thou shalt not block thy neighbours driveway with thy motor" ;D

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by pauldo on Oct 14^th, 2010, 8:38pm

Highlander surely there is more danger of tyre slashing by one of the ayrshire neanderthals

Title: Re: One of our Scorpio's Clamped ?
Post by Mike H on Oct 15^th, 2010, 11:08pm

lol .. ;D