Protester spends 11 days living in car after being clamped.

Jester252 · 09-12-2013 01:48PM #1

http://www.sundayworld.com/top-stories/news/clamped-protester-refuses-to-back-down
Heard this on the radio today and found the article.

This guy was apparently clamped while helping a blind lady who was going to mass. He believes that the clamp should be removed as

“I don’t think it’s right that a person can be clamped for doing what I did."

I think this guy has way too much time on his hands and not enough sense. The last time I checked a parking offence could not be paid off with a good deed.

Prodgey · 09-12-2013 01:50PM

If he was really helping the old lady it means he can't have been gone from his car for over 2/3 minutes.
Meaning the clamper was a cnut.
Most of them are.

Good luck to this chap, hope someone with a boltcutter helps him out.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 09-12-2013 01:52PM

“I have the money but I don’t think I should pay,” Kelvin, who earns a living at festivals around the country, told the Irish Daily Star.

a living doing what? by the looks of him and his jumper I'm drawing my own conclusions, maaann.

GTDolanator · 09-12-2013 01:52PM

Ye get clamped by the corpo you have done wrong its simple!
Nearly all corpo clampers have a bit of cop on,they private companys on the other hand are retards

Pay the fine and shut up about it,you were clamped for a reason,helping grannys means nothing

irish_goat · 09-12-2013 01:53PM

“I can’t leave my car,” he argued. “If I do the gardai will impound it and then I will have to pay the 135 euro release fee as well as the 80.”

How is he going to the toilet??

anncoates · 09-12-2013 01:53PM

Feel for the guy but that fact of life is that if you are let off parking illegally because you claim to be helping the blind/weaving baskets with orphans whatever, everybody will start ripping the piss with it.

Hard on the guy though.

Jester252 · 09-12-2013 01:56PM

Prodgey wrote: »

If he was really helping the old lady it means he can't have been gone from his car for over 2/3 minutes.
Meaning the clamper was a cnut.
Most of them are.

Good luck to this chap, hope someone with a boltcutter helps him out.

So in the space of 2/3 minutes the gardas came and saw the car, requested a clamper to come out and the clamper managed to clamp his car. Too much happen too quickly for me to believe what he saying.
Not even going to mention how he didn't notice. If he was only parked there to help out the blind lady he had to be fairly close by.

lucky333 · 09-12-2013 01:58PM

Too much time on his hands.. Probly wasn't helping any blind person to mass!

AnonoBoy · 09-12-2013 02:03PM

11 days protest over an 80 euro clamping fine?

Seems a bit much.

Does he have a job? How's he been claiming dole?

SEPT 23 1989 · 09-12-2013 02:05PM

11 days wages down the drain for a clamp worth more than the car

lucky333 · 09-12-2013 02:06PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

11 days protest over an 80 euro clamping fine?

Seems a bit much.

Does he have a job? How's he been claiming dole?

Maybe he's calling in sick. Probly get a cert

Rabelais · 09-12-2013 02:07PM

He's a right looking crustie.

Sir Humphrey Appleby · 09-12-2013 02:07PM

No sympathy bud, pay the fine and move on.

lucky333 · 09-12-2013 02:10PM

Looks like the bloke from last years phone add (metor I think)
Maybe it is him and it turns out to be an advertising campaign for metor.

Ihatecuddles · 09-12-2013 02:11PM

I bet he was one of those 'the dog ate my homework' kids.

michellie · 09-12-2013 02:12PM

Oh I'd say he stinks!!!!!

We need more details about how long he was gone ect did he see the lady, stop the car, then help her? Or was it parked there already?

humbert · 09-12-2013 02:15PM

Doesn't sound like he parked there to help the lady, just that he happened to help her while parked there.

Can just imagine if the precedent was set.
Clamper: Sorry sir, you're illegally parked. Now before I clamp you, have you done any good deeds on your journey?

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 09-12-2013 02:15PM

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

“I have the money but I don’t think I should pay,” Kelvin, who earns a living at festivals around the country, told the Irish Daily Star.

a living doing what? by the looks of him and his jumper I'm drawing my own conclusions, maaann.

It's kinda like saying your job is a 'community organiser'. :rolleyes:

the_syco · 09-12-2013 02:18PM

A PROTESTER who is sleeping in his clamped car in a stand-off with Dublin City Council has vowed to remain where he is.

He may live in his car anyway?

“There is process if a motorist feels they have been unfairly clamped.”

The process in which you pay, and then never win the appeal, even if you are completely right, and need to goto court to prove it?

KwackerJack · 09-12-2013 02:26PM

He has that tree hugger protesting about the banks even though im on the scratcher since 18 and never had a bank account look!

Specialun · 09-12-2013 02:26PM

Nice jumper Lad. Did he get it in the 1970's shop

Andy-Pandy · 09-12-2013 02:31PM

I've met him a good few times over the years. He's a nice guy, completely harmless. I nearly choaked on my sambo when I saw this

lucky333 · 09-12-2013 02:36PM

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

I've met him a good few times over the years. He's a nice guy, completely harmless. I nearly choaked on my sambo when I saw this

Does he live in his car?

Muise... · 09-12-2013 03:02PM

I do hope Kelvin will be warm enough in his car.

ballsymchugh · 09-12-2013 03:16PM

it's joe wilkinson's twin

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9f2czCfNM1r9ncflo1_500.jpg

gobnaitolunacy · 09-12-2013 03:18PM

Specialun wrote: »

Nice jumper Lad. Did he get it in the 1970's shop

I'd say he got a present of it from the blind lady.

jaykay74 · 09-12-2013 03:22PM

irish_goat wrote: »

How is he going to the toilet??

I presume someone is taking the p1ss

michellie · 09-12-2013 03:23PM

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

I'd say he got a present of it from the blind lady.

Yea she knitted it.

keithclancy · 09-12-2013 03:33PM

Clamp looks like its worth more than the car.

Bootsy. · 09-12-2013 03:47PM

Actually, a fella I work with came in wearing that same jumper recently and he got plenty of compliments from the ladies. He got it in Penny's for 7 quid apparently.

Anyway, I don't care what he was doing or not doing with an old blind women, I think fair play to him because f*ck clamping. Clamping has to be one of the worst things ever invented and should be banned immediately

diomed · 09-12-2013 03:52PM

Bootsy. wrote: »

Clamping has to be one of the worst things ever invented and should be banned immediately

Yeah, its terrible. But before clamping the streets were littered with cars and traffic jams always.

Protester spends 11 days living in car after being clamped.

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