"Tom Thumb" wrote in message
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> "Alasdair" wrote in message
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>> ANGRY Ian Taylor cut his car in half after it was clamped because TWO
>> INCHES of the bumper was protruding from his drive.
>>
>> Ian, 40, returned home to find the Ford Fiesta had been impounded by
>> the DVLA for having no road tax.
>>
>> It was legally registered to be off the road - but a clamper saw a
>> rear wheel sticking out.
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>> The DVLA demanded £200 to release it.
>>
>> But Ian refused - and used a petrol-powered disc cutter to hack it in
>> half when the clampers returned two days later to remove the motor.
>>
>> He then invited them to take the rear half away as it was the only
>> section that was breaking the law.
>>
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> Why didn't he just take the bumper off instead? That was the only part
> overhanging.
According to him.... but according to the clamping firm, "clamping staff had
photographs to prove that half the car was on the public pavement". Even if
half a rear wheel was sticking out, that's more than just a bumper.
> But I am pleased he showed up these arseholes for what they are. I'm
> amazed they didn't send an armed response vehicle. Five police cars, 10
> plods and a six-man fire crew? I wonder who had to pay for that. I hope
> they billed the clampers.
It does sound like "one in the eye" for over-zealous clamping firms at first
glance. But it seems half the car was overhanging the pavement. He also set
fire to the car while cutting it, which could well have put people in
danger, and prompted the clampers to call the Police and Fire Brigade. If he
had cut through a fuel pipe with an angle-grinder (which the pictures seem
to suggest) in a public place, blown up the car and launched an old lady 100
yards down the road, the story would be "why didn't clampers/Police/Fire
Brigade act to stop this happening at the beginning?". They can't win.
Calling the Police when faced with a pissed-off man cutting fuel pipes with
an angle-grinder seems pretty sensible really. For his own safety as well.
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