On Tue, 13 May 2008 10:17:21 +0100, "mentalguy2004"
wrote:
>
>"Tom Thumb" wrote in message
>news:18890$4828fa28$18764@news.teranews.com...
>>
>> "Alasdair" wrote in message
>> news:g6kg249i39b688kn4kdf47ul56pvpmpvn8@4ax.com...
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> 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.
>
His story in this video suggests it was a small fire
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7396178.stm
Havn't found an othernon similar links apart from this one tho'
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/news/article3913250.ece |