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Wheel clamps
It appears to be all too hard
http://www.2gb.com/index2.php?option=com_newsmanager&task=view&id=4927
POLICE powers to wheel-clamp street racers' cars look destined for the scrapheap, with just nine cars clamped in a 12-month trial.
The Daily Telegraph can today reveal the State Government's street racing crackdown is failing to deter hoons on the roads, leading to calls for further legislative change.
A review of the wheel clamping trial - which began in September last year in Wollongong and Liverpool local area commands - is due next month. If successful, the trial was to be extended across the state.
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Daily Telegraph 11/1/09
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This was the Daily Telegraph editorial 11/1/09
LAUGHABLE IDEA
CLAMP the hoons! That's the latest police plan to combat P-plate hoonery throughout NSW.
This tactic will involve the cars of offending drivers being clamped and immobilised in their owners' front yards.
Well, we've heard similar promises before. Cars were going to be cubed or otherwise permanently taken off the road.
Nothing much ever came of those promises, so we await with interest any developments on the clamping front.
There may be one or two problems with clamping, by the way. Say what you will about hoons, but many of them are very skilled mechanically. Those cars of theirs don't modify themselves.
How long do police imagine wheel clamps will last against teams of tooled-up hoons? Thirty minutes? A whole hour?
A more substantial disabling method may be in order. Otherwise, this tactic will be laughed off the street."
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I agree anybody with an angle grinder could easily remove a wheel clamp, but what if it is made clear that if an RTA or Police wheel clamp is illegally removed, the car is automatically forfeited and sold.
Having a car wheelclamped outside your house, would be a constant reminder to the affected driver, mates and neighbours that anti social behaviour won't be tolerated.
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On 11/12/04 (four years ago)in my "P plate driver crisis" category I wrote about using wheelclamps to hobble drivers and spoke to MP Paul Gibson the then "Stay Safe Committe" chairman about using wheelclaps outside drivers homes, and also suggested it to the Pedestrian Council Of Australia Mr Scruby.
The "Pedestrian Council of Australia" why does that name always remind me of the "WORLD" series baseball competition,.... that they have only in the USA.
This letter I had printed in the Telegraph.
Why would a few wheel clamps cost $700,000 ???
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Wheelclamps are well utilised in Victoria
Wheel-Clamping
If you do not pay a fine and you ignore all the reminders, your vehicle may be wheel-clamped.
The Sheriff can impose this sanction against you if you have an outstanding infringement warrant.
If this occurs, any vehicle registered in your name can be wheel-clamped. This can happen at any time, whether or not you have been given notice that this will occur.
Your vehicle may be wheel-clamped wherever it is parked, including at your home, work or at a roadblock.
To wheel-clamp your vehicle, a Sheriff's Officer may enter your vehicle or move your vehicle. A Sheriff's Officer can also require you to give them or a police officer the keys to your vehicle and can remove, dismantle or neutralise your vehicle's locking device. A Sheriff's Officer can demand identification from you if they suspect you are the person named in an infringement warrant. If you do not comply, or if you give false information, you can be fined.
If you clear your infringement warrants, the sanction will be lifted and the wheel-clamps removed.
If you do not clear your infringement warrants, this sanction will remain in place and your wheel-clamped vehicle may be impounded and then later sold.
It is a serious offence to tamper with or remove a wheel-clamp which has been fitted to a vehicle. The maximum penalty for a first offence is $6,805 or six months imprisonment.
How to avoid your vehicle being wheel-clamped
The best way to ensure your vehicle is not wheel-clamped is to pay your fines on time.
To ensure your vehicle is not wheel-clamped, you must clear your infringement warrants. To clear your infringement warrants you must pay the amount in full, obtain a payment order, (payment by instalments) or obtain revocation (cancellation) of the infringement warrant. Please note that the Infringements Court will only grant payment orders and revocations in certain circumstances.
For more information on 'wheel-clamping' or other sanctions, visit the Fines FAQs page.
To discuss 'wheel-clamping' and clear any outstanding fines, contact Civic Compliance Victoria on 1300 743 743.
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Reviewed: 30/1/2009
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From a press release from the Pedestrian Council Of Australia 17/01/05
www.walk.com.au/pedestriancouncil/Page.asp?PageID=851 -
"We could also look at employing the latest technological devices such as block-boxes and wheel-clamps, so that the vehicle may be returned to the owner's home, but if driven, the authorities would know and the driver arrested and possibly incarcerated."
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This entry was posted on 12 Jan 2009 at 21:53 by hstephens and is filed under AA, wheel clamp hoons.