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Definition of wheel clamp in English: wheel clampnoun British A device for immobilizing an illegally parked car. Example sentencesExamples - He had to pay for a wheel clamp to be removed in early April and despite reassurances has still not seen a penny of his £95 back.
- She says that to gain entry to the park, thieves had to saw through padlocks, break through a barrier and also take wheel clamps off the ‘vans.
- Again, physical security should be considered here - from chain locks for trailers and even yard gates, to wheel clamps and locking posts for the light commercials.
- There are at least 3 types of wheel clamp, Hanson, Triangle and Dutch.
- Matt Leach, marketing manager of Bargain Booze, explained that the promotion built on another campaign carried out in 2002 using fake parking tickets and cardboard wheel clamps.
- Laurent wasn't very lucky after ending up with a wheel clamp on his Chrysler Voyager people carrier and a £120 fine for failing to pay and display.
- Similarly, where boats are kept on trailers without wheel clamps, and disappear in the night, you can kiss goodbye to a claim.
- The restrictive yellow wheel clamps were slapped on 19 vehicles in total and a car low-loader transported the majority away to a DVLA pound.
- Now Nicola is demanding to know why a bailiff charged her more than £400 to release a wheel clamp.
- ‘Pendle Council could fine people or use wheel clamps or whatever, but they won't do it,’ said Mr Allen.
- It pays to read the signs before leaving your car in a car park or other private land in England: security guards can impose enormous instant fines, and enforce them by immobilizing your car with a wheel clamp.
- On whose authority are these wheel clamps directed?
- It costs £80 to have a wheel clamp released or £160 impounding fee plus £15 per day storage if the vehicle remains unclaimed for more than 24 hours.
- It might be an irritation putting the wheel clamp on every time you leave the vehicle alone, but how long does that simple precaution take?
- Don't try to remove the wheel clamp yourself as you can be accused of causing criminal damages.
- Simply to deny P the use of his property, for example, by placing a wheel clamp on his car, does not amount to damage.
- He then shut the door and indicated the wheel clamp on the car.
- Charges for the removal of a wheel clamp are also being doubled from £25 to £50.
- A police spokesman said removing wheel clamps in this way is criminal damage and they would investigate any reports they receive.
verb British with object Immobilize (an illegally parked car) with a wheel clamp. Example sentencesExamples - The DVLA wheel-clamping unit will be clamping vehicles that are not taxed.
- The vehicle was wheel-clamped by Carstoppers for parking across two bays on a private car park in Haworth.
- A nurse whose car was wheel-clamped on hospital grounds as she dealt with an emergency has threatened her bosses with legal action.
- He displayed his disabled sticker but returned to find his vehicle wheel-clamped.
- They will wheel-clamp your car if you don't move.
- I read the report about a student being wheel-clamped in Bishop's Wharf.
Synonyms put out of action, disable, prevent from moving, prevent from working, make inoperative, render inactive, inactivate, deactivate, paralyse, cripple
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