Well, overhere they stand around the corner, waiting for someone to park where it isn't allowed. instead of telling you to move the vehicle because it's a no parking zone, they let you do your thing, wait until you leave, and then slam the clamp on your wheel. I'm not sure anymore how much it costs to have it removed again, but it isn't cheap. Me and some friends were out one night in Amsterdam, and we had our car parked in one of them underground parkinglots. When we got back to the car in the middle of the night, we found out the owner of the parkinglot, or the one who keeps an eye on things, put a clamp on it, because we got back a little later than we had payed for. He asked 100 Guilders to take it off again. Imagine that.... it's not even an officer of the law, just some slick smartass trying to make some easy money. Of course we didn't pay him, after a few threats he gladly took it off for free.
