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semitone
PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:25 
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Man cuts up car in clamp protest

Mr Taylor said he took the drastic action to make a point

A man has sawn his car in half with an angle-grinder in protest at it being clamped outside his home.

Ian Taylor, from Tredworth, Glos, said the untaxed Ford Fiesta was parked on his drive with only part of a rear wheel poking out on to the pavement.

The 40-year-old builder said the vehicle was going to be scrapped anyway, but he wanted to make a point.

A spokesman for NCP Services said half of the car was parked on the road and should therefore have been taxed.



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Toltec
PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:25 
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If he was going to scrap it anyway why not just let them take the car away and crush it and save the hassle of scrapping it himself?

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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:30 
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Just wanted some press on them being petty I guess
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Ziltro
PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 15:06 
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Why is a company "enforcing" the law?

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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 16:34 
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toltec wrote:
If he was going to scrap it anyway why not just let them take the car away and crush it and save the hassle of scrapping it himself?


The interview I heard on the radio this morning mentioned the car had already been sold to someone for spare parts, and it was awaiting collection when the clampers struck...

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Draco
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I heard the interview this morning myself, it seems that the car was on his drive but one wheel was an inch and a half to two inches over his private property. All we need now is the Geheim Stat Politzei in jackboots!...........
No doubt they were: "Only obeying ..orders!"
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botach
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Now -Shades of Shylock - why not cut off the offending bit,give it to them and appeal that the car is now on private property :twisted:

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