DVLA clamping cars & vans in Forfar and probably elsewhere.

[Ootohere]

I spotted this morning in under 1 mile 6 cars and 1 van clamped.

I assume no VED, expired MOT or maybe no insurance.

 

So done by the DVLA or their contractor.

This is the first i have seen these clamps used or actually anything clamped in Scotland for many years.

Edited 2 August, 2023 by toot

[Breezy_Pete]

Good

[J.R.]

Good + 1

 

Nice and visible as well plus the sharing on social media should maximise the effect.

[Graham Butcher]

Good as well from me, I have seen similar just round the corner from me.

[Sad555]

Welsh revenge,must have driven up from Newport😃😃😃

[Sad555]

All joking aside (me) there must be greater revenue opportunities south of Scotland 

[Graham Butcher]

30 minutes ago, Sad555 said:

All joking aside (me) there must be greater revenue opportunities south of Scotland 

Indeed there is and it is happening here in Essex as per my post above yours.

[Breezy_Pete]

If they could start on the spurious foglights and mis-spaced reg plates too, they coud really make me happy.

[StevesTruck]

I've got 2 of those clamps in the shed 😆

[Graham Butcher]

24 minutes ago, Breezy_Pete said:

If they could start on the spurious foglights and mis-spaced reg plates too, they coud really make me happy.

Do you mean reg plates that aren't in the middle of the car such as some Alfas or those with 3D lettering or illegal spacings etc?

[Breezy_Pete]

Was only thinking of the private plates with mis-spaced characters trying to spell out stuff really.

[Graham Butcher]

Yeah, I'd go along with that but I'd like to chuck into the pot the ones designed to fool cameras with their illegal spacings, fonts, 3D characters and incorrect colouring, all so they can try and ignore speed cameras.

[J.R.]

1 hour ago, StevesTruck said:

I've got 2 of those clamps in the shed 😆

 

I have several of my own that I have bought and used frequently, I once cut one off in a car park where cowboy clampers were operating illegally, that was a bit scary setting to with my petrol disc cutter as the guys they employed were sadistic cop killer bouncer types.

 

The padlocks usually are worth far more than the clamps, the contractors use that type as if someone cuts it off its just a section of chain to replace and they are much quicker to fit, the clampers have to look over their shoulders as well!!!!

[Aspman]

Not just Forfar it seems, they hit Kinross too.
Quite a few cars now clamped up

[@Lee]

When I was still in Southampton I went for lunch at a BT exchange in the area I was working in - Woolston exchange IIRC and there were four or five cars almost one after the other clamped by DVLA with untaxed vehicle stickers on the windscreen. 

IIRC cutting one off or using one without a license to do so is an offence. 

[lol-lol]

Wonder if you could get clamped for not completing the process of the V11Z ?  To those who do not know full EVs, which pay no road tax until 2025 and the document threatens the weight of the law of one does not complete the process, possibly tow away for not "taxing" actually reaffirming one is still the registered keeper.

 

Must cost millions not just hundreds of thousands mentioned in the article.  Just wish they would call it something else, ie not tax reminder be Reg renewal and perhaps do purely electronically coupe of weeks before "tax" period ends and only send a paper copy if nothing hear/emailed back 5 days before the expiry date ? 

 

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-11895163/DVLA-wasting-hundreds-thousands-year-sending-tax-reminders-EV-owners.html

 

[Ootohere]

Forget Cyber Monday,  It is Happy Clamper day in Forfar.  

Lots of cars and vans been done today. 

[@Lee]

On 11/08/2023 at 03:46, lol-lol said:

Wonder if you could get clamped for not completing the process of the V11Z ?  To those who do not know full EVs, which pay no road tax until 2025 and the document threatens the weight of the law of one does not complete the process, possibly tow away for not "taxing" actually reaffirming one is still the registered keeper.

 

Must cost millions not just hundreds of thousands mentioned in the article.  Just wish they would call it something else, ie not tax reminder be Reg renewal and perhaps do purely electronically coupe of weeks before "tax" period ends and only send a paper copy if nothing hear/emailed back 5 days before the expiry date ? 

 

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-11895163/DVLA-wasting-hundreds-thousands-year-sending-tax-reminders-EV-owners.html

 

 

 

I've only just seen this thanks to George replying today but, I have seen cases (albeit on Twitter) of EV drivers having their cars clamped by the DVLA for not completing the necessary paperwork.  

[Graham Butcher]

Yep they may be zero rated but DVLA still need to know if the vehicle is on the road or if its SORN as do the police etc for parking/speeding fines etc. 

[Ootohere]

Just spotted a guy removing the clamp himself on a van across the road from me.

Watching to see where he puts the clamp.      They will not just let that go.

EDIT.

Left the Clamp against the fence and took a picture and now putting the van 'Off the road'. 

[Liger1956]

How did he get the clamp off?

[Ootohere]

Jacked the car up, got the wheel trim off from behind plate, got the studs out, wheel off, clamp off wheel, wheel on and tightened up, wheel trim on.

 

Clamp was gone when i looked 20 minutes ago, missed seeing it being collected or pinched. 

I can see where the van is parked now off the Kings Highway.