Cutting off a Clamp

Wilfork

I just reported a car owner who was attempting to remove a clamp from his car by cutting and hammering it.

I'm not normally a busy body, but it just pissed me off for some reason. Partly because it was parked outside my house and the racket was disturbing my study. Partly because the distain and blatant 'fúck you' to law abiding citizens irritated me. Nobody likes being clamped. I've been clamped. But I took my medicine, paid the fee and moved on with my life.

What do you think?

Arthur Beesley

Spot on. Folly the rules or be clamped. What's the problem? All this ****e about private clamping not being legal - don't park there if you don't agree with the rules. Simples.

Roger_007

Oops, I mistakenly thought that this was an SM thing.......

Baze

Wilfork wrote: »

What do you think?

..that you might wake up tomorrow and find a horse's head in your bed.

Banjo String

Wilfork wrote: »

What do you think?

That you must have little else to be doing tbh.

Besides, 'reported' to who????

Wilfork

Baze wrote: »

..that you might wake up tomorrow and find a horse's head in your bed.

Well they were a group of hardy looking east Europeans. That didn't influence my decision to report, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't care if they knew it was me!

Oranage2

Wilfork wrote: »

I just reported a car owner who was attempting to remove a clamp from his car by cutting and hammering it.

I'm not normally a busy body, but it just pissed me off for some reason. Partly because it was parked outside my house and the racket was disturbing my study. Partly because the distain and blatant 'fúck you' to law abiding citizens irritated me. Nobody likes being clamped. I've been clamped. But I took my medicine, paid the fee and moved on with my life.

What do you think?

What do I think?

Amateurs, it takes about 15 seconds to cut it of with a bolt cutters.

Wilfork

Wilfork wrote: »

Well they were a group of hardy looking east Europeans. That didn't influence my decision to report, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't care if they knew it was me!

First they take Crimea, now they take a Dublin clamp.

Those Russians :P

dxhound2005

Wilfork wrote: »

Well they were a group of hardy looking east Europeans. That didn't influence my decision to report, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't care if they knew it was me!

The first wave of the Red Army came slightly underprepared.

Wilfork

Banjo String wrote: »

That you must have little else to be doing tbh.

Besides, 'reported' to who????

Dublin City Council

Lapin

Wilfork wrote: »

Well they were a group of hardy looking east Europeans..............................

And with that - Let the the AH shítstorm begin............

mackeire

Wilfork wrote: »

Dublin City Council

Are you sure it was them who put the clamp on?

Wilfork

mackeire wrote: »

Are you sure it was them who put the clamp on?

Yep. I saw them put it on

Banjo String

Wilfork wrote: »

Dublin City Council

Was it Dublin city council, or a company subbed in by them?

job seeker

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

Spot on. Folly the rules or be clamped. What's the problem? All this ****e about private clamping not being legal - don't park there if you don't agree with the rules. Simples.

Totally incorrect. if it's a private clamping company it's illegal, threaten to take that matter to court and you won't here from them again. Motherfcuking research, did you do it?? Obviously not!

Wilfork

Banjo String wrote: »

Was it Dublin city council, or a company subbed in by them?

When you call the number to get the clamp off you get through to Dublin City Council

Wilfork

Banjo String wrote: »

Was it Dublin city council, or a company subbed in by them?

When you call the number to get the clamp off, you get through to Dublin City Council

BNMC

Mind your own business.

How is someone cutting off a clamp affecting your life? Speaking of which, get one.

job seeker

BNMC wrote: »

Mind your own business.

How is someone cutting off a clam affecting your life. Speaking of which, get one.

If I could thank this 4 times I would..

weldoninhio

BNMC wrote: »

Mind your own business.

How is someone cutting off a clamp affecting your life? Speaking of which, get one.

I concur. Your a busybody OP

Wilfork

BNMC wrote: »

Mind your own business.

How is someone cutting off a clamp affecting your life? Speaking of which, get one.

Well first the NOISE was affecting my life.

More importantly, I have to pay €50 odd per year for the privilege of parking outside my house. So I think I feel justifiably aggrieved that other people with no respect for the rules think they are somehow more entitled than I am

weldoninhio

Wilfork wrote: »

Well first the NOISE was affecting my life.

More importantly, I have to pay €50 odd per year for the privilege of parking outside my house. So I think I feel justifiably aggrieved that other people with no respect for the rules think they are somehow more entitled than I am

A Euro a week!! The humanity!!!

job seeker

Wilfork wrote: »

Well first my NOSE was affecting my life.

More importantly, YADDA YADDA YADDA

FYP..;)

Wilfork

weldoninhio wrote: »

A Euro a week!! The humanity!!!

€50 more than this person was prepared to spend

job seeker

weldoninhio wrote: »

A Euro a week!! The humanity!!!

Oh someone please think of the children..

Banjo String

OP, was the removal of this clamp having a negative impact in your life in any shape or form?

In what sense had the people invloved 'broken the rules/law'?


I'm all for reporting tiger kidnappings, burgalries and armed robberies etc, but draw the line at supporting these **** blood sucking leeches clamping firms.

dxhound2005

job seeker wrote: »

Totally incorrect. if it's a private clamping company it's illegal, threaten to take that matter to court and you won't here from them again. Motherfcuking research, did you do it?? Obviously not!

Before anyone accepts this legal advice as being correct I would suggest consulting a legal professional.

job seeker

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Before anyone accepts this legal advice as being correct I would suggest consulting a legal professional.

well that's just your opinion man..

Wilfork

Banjo String wrote: »

OP, was the removal of this clamp having a negative impact in your life in any shape or form?

In what sense had the people invloved 'broken the rules/law'?


I'm all for reporting tiger kidnappings, burgalries and armed robberies etc, but draw the line at supporting these **** blood sucking leeches clamping firms.

Parking regulations. Which I think we can all agree improve our quality of life

Banjo String

Banjo String wrote: »

OP, was the removal of this clamp having a negative impact in your life in any shape or form?

In what sense had the people invloved 'broken the rules/law'?


I'm all for reporting tiger kidnappings, burgalries and armed robberies etc, but draw the line at supporting these **** blood sucking leeches clamping firms.

It's worse than you think! http://www.irishtimes.com/news/consumer/dublin-city-council-sets-60-000-target-for-clampers-1.1715481

Dublin’s clampers have been set a target by Dublin City Council to clamp 60,000 vehicles a year, according to documents seen by The Irish Times . A letter sent by the company to staff claims the council has threatened to pay less for the service if the targets are not met by clamping company Dublin Street Parking Services. The company has sought to change the way it pays its staff to reach the targets set by the council. It employs up to 50 staff involved in clamping and towing at any one time.
If 60,000 Dublin vehicles are clamped this year, the company has offered to pay staff a bonus of €2,000 each. If overall targets are not met, only individual clampers who manage to clamp 2,800 vehicles in a year will be rewarded. For staff involved in towing vehicles instead of clamping the target is 1,467 relocations or removals.

Friend Computer

Banjo String wrote: »

OP, was the removal of this clamp having a negative impact in your life in any shape or form?

In what sense had the people invloved 'broken the rules/law'?

In fairness, it does fall under criminal damage. Still, it's amusing to see certain people whipping themselves into a furore here. :pac:

cletus van damme

Wilfork wrote: »

What do you think?

i applaud them .

You are a bad person and I hope they find out it was you.

Wilfork

BNMC wrote: »

Mind your own business.

How is someone cutting off a clamp affecting your life? Speaking of which, get one.

Thanks for sacrificing part of your life to come onto boards to discuss this with me

Tzardine

Am I the only one who would love to be a clamper for a day ?

Banjo String

Wilfork wrote: »

Parking regulations. Which I think we can all agree improve our quality of life

I'm asking for you to elaborate though?

Did they not feed a meter? Did they not feed the meter enough? Did they park in yellow lines? Etc etc?

Wilfork

Wilfork wrote: »

Thanks for sacrificing part of your life to come onto boards to discuss this with me

Quit while you're ahead, few* will ever support clampers!

* usually those who profit from their business!

Banjo String

Deleted User wrote: »

It's worse than you think! http://www.irishtimes.com/news/consumer/dublin-city-council-sets-60-000-target-for-clampers-1.1715481

Heard this being discussed on (I think) Newstalk during the week.

Dublin city council actually need people to be clamped for a revenue stream. If everyone suddenly followed every little rule so as to not be clamped, they would simply shift the goalposts.

I bet the OP has never did a single thing wrong in their life though, so its ok.

Wilfork

Banjo String wrote: »

I'm asking for you to elaborate though?

Did they not feed a meter? Did they not feed the meter enough? Did they park in yellow lines? Etc etc?

Yeah, there's a meter. Obviously they didn't buy a ticket or failed to return to their vehicle before the expiry of the ticket. It is the job of the clampers to determine whether there has been a violation. Which they were obviously satisfied had occurred, causing them to clamp the car.

sopretty

So, keep us up to date. Did they get the clamp off and drive off? Or did the clampers come back?

Wilfork

Banjo String wrote: »

Heard this being discussed on (I think) Newstalk during the week.

Dublin city council actually need people to be clamped for a revenue stream. If everyone suddenly followed every little rule so as to not be clamped, they would simply shift the goalposts.

I bet the OP has never did a single thing wrong in their life though, so its ok.

I've been clamped. I wasn't happy about it but I paid the fee

Wilfork

sopretty wrote: »

So, keep us up to date. Did they get the clamp off and drive off? Or did the clampers come back?

You'll be happy to know they got the clamp off before the clampers returned so it was all in vain!

Banjo String

Wilfork wrote: »

Yeah, there's a meter. Obviously they didn't buy a ticket or failed to return to their vehicle before the expiry of the ticket. It is the job of the clampers to determine whether there has been a violation. Which they were obviously satisfied had occurred, causing them to clamp the car.

Oh yeah, definitely report them to 'The Man' so. Feckin durty Eastern Europeans, coming over here and not getting back to their cars in time. :rolleyes:


I hope you didnt do a half arsed reporting job, and made sure to call Customs/Immigration/Social Welfare too. (just incase they were breaking any other laws/rules)


Jesus fcuking wept, some people have too much time on their hands.

tritium

I'm torn here

On the one hand I think clamping companies tend to be money hungry parasites

On the other hand I've very little time for the ****wits who think its ok to , for example, park in a completly inconsiderate manner because they're life and whatever they want to do is soooo important that the rules shouldn't apply to them.

Fcuk it, put them all on an island and let them fight to the death. Leave the winner there to starve...

Wilfork

Banjo String wrote: »

Oh yeah, definitely report them to 'The Man' so. Feckin durty Eastern Europeans, coming over here and not getting back to their cars in time. :rolleyes:


I hope you didnt do a half arsed reporting job, and made sure to call Customs/Immigration/Social Welfare too. (just incase they were breaking any other laws/rules)


Jesus fcuking wept, some people have too much time on their hands.

That's like the definition of a parking violation. What were you expecting? That they parked in someone's garden or something?

job seeker

Wilfork wrote: »

You'll be happy to know they got the clamp off before the clampers returned so it was all in vain!

So did you learn any lesson??

darkestlord

Clamped once near hollace street when my son decided to come early a few years ago. My brother in law and some friends came up and cut it off. $ hit myself for a week waiting to hear from the guards but didnt hear anything back.

job seeker

darkestlord wrote: »

Clamped once near hollace street when my son decided to come early a few years ago. My brother in law and some friends came up and cut it off. $ hit myself for a week waiting to hear from the guards but didnt hear anything back.

With private clamping company's they NEVER pursue any one for money or even their own clamp. As they know themselves that what they are doing is illegal.

Wilfork

job seeker wrote: »

With private clamping company's they NEVER pursue any one for money or even their own clamp. As they know themselves that what they are doing is illegal.

If it is illegal, then fair play to them I have no problem with that at all. But surely private clampers are licensed to interfere with people's property?

Specialun

If you had not been previously clamped OP would you still have reported them

Femme_Fatale

I bet it's not illegal - that's just the generic thing that always gets said. The OP said it was really noisy and distracting them, what's wrong with them getting annoyed by that? What's wrong with getting annoyed at people having an inflated sense of entitlement? Very disingenuous reactions.

tritium wrote: »

I'm torn here

On the one hand I think clamping companies tend to be money hungry parasites

On the other hand I've very little time for the ****wits who think its ok to , for example, park in a completly inconsiderate manner because they're life and whatever they want to do is soooo important that the rules shouldn't apply to them.

This.

job seeker

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I bet it's not illegal - that's just the generic thing that always gets said. The OP said it was really noisy and distracting them, what's wrong with them getting annoyed by that? What's wrong with getting annoyed at people having an inflated sense of entitlement? Very disingenuous reactions.

This.

If I came to your car and clamped it, Ordered you to pay 150 for the "removal fee". would you pay it?


EDIT: Oh and, I get the irony of my user name with this post..