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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: Barry-C on January 15, 2009, 07:31:50 PM
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Just want to know if anyone knows what the legality / safety of clamping a vehicle carrying combustible gases.
What happens if there is a fire / emergency and the fire brigade needs to move the clamped vehicle to prevent an explosion?
Can clampers clamp the vehicle if it is displaying the correct signage?
Any opnions welcome
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Barry , just pay the fine mate ::)
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What happens if there is a fire / emergency and the fire brigade needs to move the clamped vehicle to prevent an explosion?
They would get their cutting gear out and cut it off? :)
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Can clampers clamp a vehicle if it displaying the correct signage? Certainly. No doubt, no hesitation (except in Scotland where clamping is illegal except by the DVLA tax people). The clampers only see the obstruction, not the need to move the vehicle in an emergency.
The clampers probably have experience of people parking and abusing signage on their vehicles. e.g. the blue 'disabled person' parking permit. Their belief would be the combustible gases sign may or may not be true.
See Galeon's post Barry, pay the fine
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Can't see the problem myself. I'm sure a clamp could be chopped off in seconds if it needed to be. Is there any restriction on such vehicles using their own immobilusation devices? Presumably not.