Someone thought they were being smart with such a great hiding place. Francis Street.
Posted Feb 20, 2019, 10:59 AM UTC
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Was walking over ha'penny bridge yesterday and counted 5 or 6 of these in the liffey
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Not sure whether to be happy about clampers being fucked over, or annoyed about where they decided to put them
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I've always wondered, isn't taking them off and leaving them at the side of the road pointless (even worse). You still have to pay the fine, right?
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There is something or other about them being a private company and not being able to pursue you for this. I am not sure if this is 100% true.
They could pursue you for criminal damage but they are unlikely do do that for a lock, but maybe if you stole their whole clamp they might.
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This is exactly right. Imobilising a car is in fact also illegal so even the private campers are in a grey area. If you can remove the clamp WITHOUT damaging it at all, there's nothing they can do to you. Even if they watch you do it. This is easier said than done and often involves removing the entire wishbone which is no mean feat. You could theoretically pick the lock. Removing your wheel is no good unless the clamped was just lazy and didn't put it on correctly. Definitely wouldn't try this with Dublin City Council though
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Spoke to a clamper beside our building site where this happened very regularly. He said if someone cuts the lock off the first time they don't pursue it, but the next time they find the same registration illegally parked they just tow the car.
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Cutting off a private companies one is an offense but they may not bother to persue - picking the lock and returning the clamp however is not - no damages. Removing a councils clamp is breaking the law.
Used to have a friend that regularly picked the lock on these to help folks out as a personal lock picking challenge like a weird clamp Robin Hood.
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They obviously have an IQ rivalled only by gardening tools