Dumbass Clampers

MidlandsM

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/probe-as-clampers-lift-car-with-children-2263953.html

Hope they get the sack.:pac:

DrumSteve

why was she illegaly parked in the first place?

Guy:Incognito

Hmmmm

Reading it instead of jumping on the headline and the clampers were in the right imo.

"GARDAI are investigating an incident during which clampers lifted a car on to a tow truck with two young children inside.

The bizarre incident occurred in Cork city on Saturday when a mother and her two children, returned to their car at around 4pm. It was parked illegally in a loading bay on South Mall in the city.


As the trio arrived, they saw a harness had already been attached to the car.

The children, said to be aged nine and 10, hopped into the car before it was lifted off the ground in the hope of preventing it being towed away."


AA spokesman Conor Faughnan said: "It does seem like a heavy-handed incident.

"You would like to think that common sense and civility would prevail. I am only surprised that this type of incident does not happen more often. "

And what of common sense parking Mr Faughnan?

dr.bollocko

Illegally parked. Car should have been crushed into a cube.
I'd probably remove the children first but maybe hide them on her for a bit. Crush the car into a child shape or something. Just a bit of a shock. That'd help her find the ****ing multistorey in future.

Dravokivich

MidlandsM wrote: »

Hope they get the sack.:pac:

Huh?

And drown them kids like cats? nah... all they need is a wholloping...

allanb49

Ok so woman illeagally parks car

Got kids to hop in it as it seems if there are people in the car it can't get towed

Woman causes a hissy fit for breaking the law

Gets away with fine.

Just me or is this country getting more and more backwards?

Thoie

The child in the front seat looks too small to be sitting there - its head is below the level of the headrest, putting its face in direct line with the airbag.

tororosso

Shame on the parents for using the children as pawns to refuse to pay for a justified clamping fee. Also what sort of example is that to teach to your children?!
The fact they got away with it is also disgraceful:rolleyes:

Run_to_da_hills

Still nothing will ever beat clamping an ambulance at Dublin Airport.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4268353.stm

WindSock

tororosso wrote: »

Shame on the parents for using the children as pawns to refuse to pay for a justified clamping fee.

That's the whole point of having kids, I thought

super_furry

Usually I'd agree that the woman was wrong to use her children in that manner. However, the fact remains that every single clamper who was ever shat into creation is a dispeakable, lowlife, slimey prick and thus, the use of child hostages against them is fair game.

orourkeda

women drivers.

RobbieTheRobber

Woman parks illegally then endangers her children, yet the clampers are wrong

Can anyone explain this to me, does the womans two wrongs somehow make her right?

Fratton Fred

Those crazy Corkonians.

stovelid

I hate people that turn something like this into a human-rights battle. Don't park illegally you dumb fucking witch. Surely that's not so difficult to comprehend?

She is the one that should be charged if she stood there and let her kids climb into the car.

hidinginthebush

super_furry wrote: »

Usually I'd agree that the woman was wrong to use her children in that manner. However, the fact remains that every single clamper who was ever shat into creation is a dispeakable, lowlife, slimey prick and thus, the use of child hostages against them is fair game.

I'm sick of this attitude. Why, exactly, are clampers the scum of the earth? Because they do their job? I have no sympathy for any idiot who gets clamped, when you park your car illegally, you know fully well that you are running the risk of getting caught, but will still complain at lengths about having to shell out the €70 or so to get the clamp removed. It's Irish "ah sure it'll be grand" chancery at it's finest. Sure why the hell should you not be allowed to park on double-yellow lined loading bay in the middle of a city, sure everybody can just drive around you? Can the delivery men not just walk around your car?

Fair play to the clampers for not backing down until the mental bint rang the guardaí after willingly putting the health of her two precious brats in danger.

rpmcs

i would have rang social worker, should get her children taken instead of car!!

mikom

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Illegally parked. Car should have been crushed into a cube.
I'd probably remove the children first but maybe hide them on her for a bit. Crush the car into a child shape or something. Just a bit of a shock.

Take a shoe off one of the kids and place it poking out of a fold in the metal...... "Mary had a little lamb" on a loop tape just within earshot.

Dyr

Those kids should have been beaten like an inter county GAA referee for pulling a caper like that.

MidlandsM

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Fair play to the clampers for not backing down until the mental bint rang the guardaí after willingly putting the health of her two precious brats in danger.

....but it was the clampers who put the health and safety of the kids at risk by lifting a car with them inside?
I'd say that was gross misconduct on their part of their job and therefore should be sacked.

RobbieTheRobber

MidlandsM wrote: »

....but it was the clampers who put the health and safety of the kids at risk by lifting a car with them inside?
I'd say that was gross misconduct on their part of their job and therefore should be sacked.

The mother must have told the children to get into to the car she used her children in an argument, that to me = Bad Mother!

Standard Toaster

Hold on a sec....a women parked a car? :eek:

Wompa1

No sympathy for them. On one of the only Joe Duffy shoes I listened to they were talking about clampers. Pretty much all the people calling in were in the wrong but felt they were hard done.

fikay

MidlandsM wrote: »

....but it was the clampers who put the health and safety of the kids at risk by lifting a car with them inside?
I'd say that was gross misconduct on their part of their job and therefore should be sacked.

No, the mother is responsible if there was any danger to the kids, which, I'd imagine there wasn't (What weight can those winces lift?). She made the decision to tell the kids to get in the car. I wonder will there be any charges brought against her?

stovelid

MidlandsM wrote: »

....but it was the clampers who put the health and safety of the kids at risk by lifting a car with them inside?
I'd say that was gross misconduct on their part of their job and therefore should be sacked.

She shouldn't have let the kids get in the car. They must see this kind of shit every day and are forced to stand aside. Perhaps they shouldn't have lifted the car but they should not have let her drive away. It's disgusting to use your children like that.

She sounds like a complete wagon. If they lose their jobs, she should be severely punished as well.

CortezTheKiller

Tell your kids to jump into a car that's about to be lifted? A1 parenting!

VinnyTGM

She sould have got done. the ignorant cow, a loading bay isn't for parking in.

RobbieTheRobber

stovelid wrote: »

She shouldn't have let the kids get in the car. They must see this kind of shit every day and are forced to stand aside. Perhaps they shouldn't have lifted the car but they should not have let her drive away.

She sounds like a complete wagon. If they lose their jobs, she should be very severely punished as well.

Couldnt agree more if they lose there jobs she should get a visit from child services to take her children into care, she endangered the kids as much as the clampers did.

MidlandsM

stovelid wrote: »

She shouldn't have let the kids get in the car. They must see this kind of shit every day and are forced to stand aside. Perhaps they shouldn't have lifted the car but they should not have let her drive away. It's disgusting to use your children like that.

She sounds like a complete wagon. If they lose their jobs, she should be severely punished as well.

CortezTheKiller wrote: »

Tell your kids to jump into a car that's about to be lifted? A1 parenting!

Regardless of the wrong doings of the woman, the clampers should not have lifted the car - PERIOD!
They knew what they were doing but seemed to think they are a law onto themselves. Bad call.

easyeason3

MidlandsM wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/probe-as-clampers-lift-car-with-children-2263953.html

Hope they get the sack.:pac:

I don't. I hope they get a bonus.

The silly bitch was parked illegally & instead of paying up & taking the punishment she told her kids to get into the car & proceeded to make a complete tit out of herself.

And I'm not a fan of clampers but any stretch of the imagination but I find it hard how anyone could blame this one on them.

stovelid

As for the idea that clampers are scum, I have no idea. All I know is that I've never been clamped, towed away or ticketed because I don't insist on parking dangerously or illegally like a selfish cunt.

RobbieTheRobber

MidlandsM wrote: »

Regardless of the wrong doings of the woman, the clampers should not have lifted the car - PERIOD!
They knew what they were doing but seemed to think they are a law onto themselves. Bad call.

Hello.
She broke the law here too, by parking in a loading bay, she then tried to take the law into her own hands by stopping the clampers doing what they are suppossed to do when they find an illegally parked car.

She seemded to think she was a law unto herself!

stovelid

MidlandsM wrote: »

Regardless of the wrong doings of the woman, the clampers should not have lifted the car - PERIOD!
They knew what they were doing but seemed to think they are a law onto themselves. Bad call.

Not saying they should have but her actions were disgraceful. Plus if she walks away from this and they get sacked: it's a green light for more people to act like the rule of the road don't apply to them.

Reprimand for the clampers and heavy fine and/or long driving ban (and a long chat with the social services about the responsibility of care to your children) for the mother should be the call here.

Stark

hidinginthebush wrote: »

I'm sick of this attitude. Why, exactly, are clampers the scum of the earth? Because they do their job?

Because in the case of private clampers, it's a completely unregulated industry and the only reason they get away with what they're doing is because of a lack of test cases taken against them (aside from one where the judge ruled that removing the clamp yourself was lawful).

stovelid wrote:

As for the idea that clampers are scum, I have no idea. All I know is that I've never been clamped, town away or ticketed because I don't insist on parking illegally like a selfish ****.

Well in my case, I didn't think I was a selfish **** for parking in the driveway of the home that I owned. As far as I'm concerned, they had no right to come onto my property, interfere with another piece of my property and charge me a fee for the privilege of being able to use my car again. Also, in the case of the Cork city clampers, I've often seen clampers wait next to a car in a disc parking space with a stop watch while paying no attention to the cars parked on double yellows and on bends half a kilometre up the road.

For the record, I think the mother was completely in the wrong in this scenario but people's attitudes against clampers and especially the privately operated firms like NCPS and APCOA are justified imo.

stovelid

Stark wrote: »

I've often seen clampers wait next to a car in a disc parking space with a stop watch while paying no attention to the cars parked on double yellows and on bends half a kilometre up the road.

If the driver gets back to their car before the ticket runs out, they'll have no problem will they?

But fair enough, I said I had no idea if they all were or not. I'm talking about the vast number of people who think they can park where they like and bitch about it if they get caught.

Melion

I did 3 days clamping with my father last week as he was stuck for a body. The abuse he had to take off díckheads who were in the wrong was unbelivable. They are doing a job, just like everyone else. Get over it. You park illegally, you run the risk of getting clamped/ticketed.

A couple of euro for a car park etc wont break the bank and you wont have to worry about a clamp

Naos

Stark wrote: »

Well in my case, I didn't think I was a selfish **** for parking in the driveway of the home that I owned. As far as I'm concerned, they had no right to come onto my property, interfere with another piece of my property and charge me a fee for the privilege of being able to use my car again.

I would imagine there is FAR more to this story than you are letting on.

If your car was parked in your DRIVEWAY and not sticking out onto the footpath, then what exactly was there reason to clamp your car?

easyeason3

Naos wrote: »

I would imagine there is FAR more to this story than you are letting on.

If your car was parked in your DRIVEWAY and not sticking out onto the footpath, then what exactly was there reason to clamp your car?

For giggles?

Melion

Naos wrote: »

I would imagine there is FAR more to this story than you are letting on.

If your car was parked in your DRIVEWAY and not sticking out onto the footpath, then what exactly was there reason to clamp your car?

The job i was doing with my father last week was in a housing estate(apartments). The residents should have had permits to park in a parking spot. Most of them didnt have them(landlords fault), therefore they were clamped. Everyone was giving out saying that it was a disgrace.
They were all told to get onto the landlords and get the money back as it was their fault. They hadnt paid their fees so hadnt received the permits to give to the residents.

Naos

Melion wrote: »

The job i was doing with my father last week was in a housing estate(apartments). The residents should have had permits to park in a parking spot. Most of them didnt have them(landlords fault), therefore they were clamped. Everyone was giving out saying that it was a disgrace.
They were all told to get onto the landlords and get the money back as it was their fault. They hadnt paid their fees so hadnt received the permits to give to the residents.

He said driveway - a driveway is defined as a short road leading to a private house.

The situation in your case is a mess altogether and should've been sorted by the landlords.

easyeason3 wrote: »

For giggles?

C'est possible.

Wossack

wouldnt be surprised if it becomes a child protection issue, and the social services gets called in

daft behaviour by all involved

Lemegeton

the clampers were 100% percent in the right. the stupid bitch should be fined for being a cheapskate and parking illegally and then locked up for putting her children in danger.

Stark

Naos wrote: »

I would imagine there is FAR more to this story than you are letting on.

If your car was parked in your DRIVEWAY and not sticking out onto the footpath, then what exactly was there reason to clamp your car?

They claimed a neighbour rang and asked for us to be clamped (but weren't willing to provide a transcript of the phone call or anything like that). They didn't bother to check with us before going ahead. We were told to send in an appeal, which we did including proof of ownership of the property, proof that we owned the car parked there and photographic evidence that ours was the car clamped and showing the house number and everything but all we got was a PFO form letter in response.

happymondays

Stark wrote: »

They claimed a neighbour rang and asked for us to be clamped (but weren't willing to provide a transcript of the phone call or anything like that). They didn't bother to check with us before going ahead.

thats exactly why private clampers should be banned from this country.
Thier sole motivation is $$$$. How ridicolus is it that anyone can just ring up and get someone clamped, And then the clamper will refuse to unclamp it until they have been paid even though your parked perfectly legally in your own driveway.

Its exactly the same as extortion.

recylingbin

She wasn't on double yellows.
She wasn't parked in front of a fire hydrant.
she wasn't parked in such a way as to cause an obstruction to emergency services.
She wasn't double parked.

What necessitated the towing of the car?

Kensington

recylingbin wrote: »

She wasn't on double yellows.
She wasn't parked in front of a fire hydrant.
she wasn't parked in such a way as to cause an obstruction to emergency services.
She wasn't double parked.

What necessitated the towing of the car?

She was parked illegally?

Nervous Wreck

recylingbin wrote: »

She wasn't on double yellows.
She wasn't parked in front of a fire hydrant.
she wasn't parked in such a way as to cause an obstruction to emergency services.
She wasn't double parked.

What necessitated the towing of the car?

She was illegaly parked in a loading bay.

Naos

Stark wrote: »

They claimed a neighbour rang and asked for us to be clamped (but weren't willing to provide a transcript of the phone call or anything like that). They didn't bother to check with us before going ahead. We were told to send in an appeal, which we did including proof of ownership of the property, proof that we owned the car parked there and photographic evidence that ours was the car clamped and showing the house number and everything but all we got was a PFO form letter in response.

How does that work exactly? You cannot just ring the company and ask to clamp on no grounds.

Was there a double yellow line in your driveway? No.
Was there a sign stating "If you park, you'll be clamped"? No.

It was a private driveway - there is zero logic behind that.

recylingbin

Kensington wrote: »

She was parked illegally?

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

She was illegaly parked in a loading bay.

That's why she was clamped.

If she was there and about to move the vehicle anyway, why tow it?
Simple answer is because they are cúnts.

Kensington

recylingbin wrote: »

That's why she was clamped.

If she was there and about to move the vehicle anyway, why tow it?
Simple answer is because they are cúnts.

She still broke the law.

Stark

Naos wrote: »

How does that work exactly? You cannot just ring the company and ask to clamp on no grounds.

Was there a double yellow line in your driveway? No.
Was there a sign stating "If you park, you'll be clamped"? No.

It was a private driveway - there is zero logic behind that.

Well that's how it works and that's why we badly need regulation for clampers.