{"id":3058,"date":"2010-07-13T16:16:10","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T15:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=3058"},"modified":"2023-04-14T16:06:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T15:06:27","slug":"can-you-wheel-clamp-a-lorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=3058","title":{"rendered":"Can You Wheel Clamp A Lorry?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Someone found the blog on that search term – presumably they found my recent post on wheel clamping near the Colwick MPTC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was told that some lorries had been clamped at the Colwick test centre when I suggested that it was only driving instructors being targeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also did a quick search and found the photo (above) showing a lorry that had been clamped – obviously not using a proper clamp – when the driver had nipped to the loo (according to the forum the story is on).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Although the thread on that forum<\/a> seems to have become an excuse for people to talk about urinating (those guys should become ADIs – they’d fit right in), one of the other posters gave a photo that shows he has also been clamped with what appears to be a chain attached to a steel rope (I haven’t a clue what the rope is anchored to, though). These are not on the Colwick Industrial Estate (to the best of my knowledge).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems that all they really need to do is put a big chain through the lorry’s wheel holes and padlock it. The first photo is just the front plate of a car clamp padlocked to the wheel. Let’s face it, most lorries could probably rip a wheel clamp to pieces if the driver tried to drive off with one on – but it would also damage the lorry and if he then got stopped by the police he’d quite possibly lose his job. So I can’t imagine many lorry drivers trying that with their livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also by searching, some companies supply ‘MEGA’ or ‘HGV’ clamps (they cost around \u00a3100 each), so it is obviously something that can be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So yes, you can<\/strong> clamp a lorry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDIT 10\/11\/2010:<\/strong> I was down near the Colwick Test Centre today and I saw a lorry which had a standard wheel clamp fitted to its front offside wheel. It looked almost identical to the one in the first picture, above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n