Removing wheel clamps.
Discussion
leigh1050 said:
shakotan said:
leigh1050 said:
What would be the outcome of removing a wheel clamp fitted by the dvla?
What would be the reason for clamping?No road tax?
Legally, cutting off a clamp would have you prosecuted for tampering with the clamp, most likely under Criminal Damage Law.
People have successfully removed clamps in the past without damage, but there is a grey area over the 'interference' nature of removing it.
dci said:
Once seen a video of a guy removing a clamp by removing the clamped tyre, deflating it, squeezing the now flat tyre through the rear of the clamp, refitting the tyre to his car and re inflating the tyre..
Would you be breaking any rules doing the above?
In the days of private clampers it was fine to remove if you could without damaging the clamp (I think cutting the padlock may have even been ok), however the one time I was clamped the chain has been wrapped through the suspension. Fairly irrelevant as moving a car that the DVLA have clamped will only increase the penalty for the offence that got the car clamped in the first place (IE proving you've been driving a sorn car+taking the piss)Would you be breaking any rules doing the above?
Breadvan72 said:
Cutting a padlock was criminal damage then and still would be now.
Thanks for clarifying... Anyway with the current legislation on clamping you could only consider removing a clamp if you had the car registered incorrectly - if someone was that way inclined I doubt they'd care much for the technicalities. spikey78 said:
What would happen if one removed a clamp and completely removed any evidence of it having been there at all? 'Clamp? What clamp?'
Would you be done on the balance of probabilities being that you removed it, or not due to lack of evidence?!
Just curious really..
The vehicle is photographed once clamped, therefore 'lack of evidence' wouldn't apply here.Would you be done on the balance of probabilities being that you removed it, or not due to lack of evidence?!
Just curious really..
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