Vehicles have been clamped before in Glasgow but the Scottish Court Service (SCS) said this was the first for failing to pay a police antisocial behaviour fixed penalty ticket.

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The personal digital assistants (PDAs) will also allow road policing officers to issue fixed penalty tickets at the roadside and for this information to be sent electronically to the Central Ticket Office.

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