Angry Man Saws His Car In Half Over Parking Argument

A motorist in the UK whose car was clamped because just two inches of the bumper was protruding from his driveway took drastic action by cutting it in half.

Ian Taylor, 40, was stunned when he returned home to find the Ford Fiesta had been impounded outside his front door. It was legally registered to be where it was but it was found that the rear wheel was sticking out over a footpath which adjoins his drive so the authorities clamped it and demanded $400 to release it.

But Taylor refused and instead used a gas-powered disc cutter to hack it in half when the clampers returned two days later to take away the car. He then invited them to take the rear half away as it was the only section that was breaking the law.

The two startled clampers dialled 999 and five police cars containing 10 officers were dispatched to the scene along with a six-man fire crew. But the police took no action - and the disgruntled parking wardens removed their clamp and told Ian he could keep the battered car.

Taylor, a builder, said: "I had to make a point. These people are so petty and they just won't listen to you. The car was legally registered to be where it was - on my driveway. But they decided to make an issue of it because of two inches. It's ridiculous."

"The ticket said it was a criminal offence to damage the clamp so I didn't. It was a drastic step but I stand by my decision to do it."

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