Clamped! £125 release fee.. but..

I'm one a few people that agree with clamping. Where I work theres a loading behind which serves little shops as well as Sainsburys and Wilkinsons. All it takes is 2 or 3 cars and stops the whole process. Its really bad when theres 2 sainsburys lorrys. There are 4 or 5 clearly displayed clamping signs and also there is pay and display 50p per 30mins 20secs away. Generally no excuse.
When its private land it should be fine to charge what ever as long as its clearly displayed its a clamping zone and list charge. Everyone seem to think they have special circumstances when they get caught!
 
You sure you meant SLR and not SLK? Pretty sure SLR's aren't even in production anymore. Not to mention they cost over £300,000 and are rare as hens teeth.
 
There's some short stay spaces near the A&E entrance if you ever need to rush in again. I've never found the multistory near full at the PCH though and just use that to save the effort, it's heaven compared with the nightmare that was parking at the old hospital!
 
I'm sure I also read a thread on here the other day where people claim that unless it is a council parking ticket you don't have to pay? Is that true? Surely not that simple?
 
jaybee said:
I'm sure I also read a thread on here the other day where people claim that unless it is a council parking ticket you don't have to pay? Is that true? Surely not that simple?
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Generally - correct! Unfortunately the OP got a parking clamp.
 
The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Licences) Regulations 2007

Additional conditions for front line licences for the immobilisation, restriction, removal of vehicles

6.—(1) The granting of a licence to a person to engage in front line licensable conduct which involves the carrying out of any activities specified in regulation 4(4)(b) or (c) (immobilisation, restriction and removal of vehicles) shall be subject to the conditions specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The conditions specified for the purposes of this paragraph are—

(a)the licensee shall not immobilise, remove or restrict a vehicle in accordance with paragraph 3 or 3A of Schedule 2 to the 2001 Act if the vehicle is an invalid carriage or if a valid disability badge is displayed on the vehicle or if the vehicle is an emergency vehicle which is in use; and

(b)the licensee shall, on collecting any charge for the release of a vehicle that has been immobilised, removed or restricted in accordance with paragraph 3 or 3A of Schedule 2 to the 2001 Act, provide a receipt which contains the information specified in paragraph (3).

(3) The information specified for the purposes of this paragraph is—

(a)the location where the vehicle was immobilised, removed or restricted;

(b)the date on which the vehicle was immobilised, removed or restricted;

(c)the name and signature of the licensee; and

(d)the licence number of the licensee.

(4) In this regulation—

(a)“invalid carriage” has the same meaning as in section 253(5) of the Road Traffic Act 1960(1);

(b)“disability badge” means a badge issued under section 21 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970(2); and

(c)“emergency vehicle” has the same meaning as in regulation 3(2) of the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989(3).
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The receipt must have both the name and signature of the clamper, yours has one but not the other.

If you want to get your money back you will need to sue both the clamper and whoever employed them, probably the sports club.

Were the signs adequate? They need to be for the clamping to be lawful.

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nshire said:
I'm one a few people that agree with clamping. Where I work theres a loading behind which serves little shops as well as Sainsburys and Wilkinsons. All it takes is 2 or 3 cars and stops the whole process. Its really bad when theres 2 sainsburys lorrys. There are 4 or 5 clearly displayed clamping signs and also there is pay and display 50p per 30mins 20secs away. Generally no excuse.
When its private land it should be fine to charge what ever as long as its clearly displayed its a clamping zone and list charge. Everyone seem to think they have special circumstances when they get caught!
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But how would clamping and rendering a car immobile help at all?
 
Overlag said:
because they would remove the car after a short period and charge a massive release fee....?
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Chances are the person parking there would move it anyway long before it got towed.

A ticket would make more sense, still get the penalty without restricting their ability to get out the way. That or just towing it straight away :p
 
I was working in Bristol and the parking near our hotel was a disgrace,so we dumped the works van near by and got clamped,the guy came over and said release fee lol

We gave him two choices,either take it off and go away or we cut it off with one of these we had in our van,The clown took it off:Di couldn't give a monkeys what the law is or what the police say,you dont clamp me end of lol.
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Spook187 said:
I was working in Bristol and the parking near our hotel was a disgrace,so we dumped the works van near by and got clamped,the guy came over and said release fee lol

We gave him two choices,either take it off and go away or we cut it off with one of these we had in our van,The clown took it off:Di couldn't give a monkeys what the law is or what the police say,you dont clamp me end of lol.
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Love it..

Is there anything else a little less subtle that one can keep in the boot for this type of situation. I'd love to take it off and take it with me. If it ever happened to me.
 
The whole premise of clamping is completely retarded.

It's like... if you leave a leaflet under a wiper, it's now the property of the car owner. The value of the leaflet is nowhere near the value of the car. They can rip it up and throw in the bin if they want to.

Likewise with the clamp. If you're silly enough to attach something worth about £30 to £50 to somebodies car. Then it is your own silly damn fault if they remove it and keep it. You shouldn't have attached it to something of substantially higher value in the first place.

If you leave your property laying around just anywhere. Especially if it is interfering with other peoples property. Then you should *expect* for it to be damaged, removed/relocated or discarded without your consent. Because the property owner didn't give you consent to leave it there in the first place.

There is also the issue of property damage. Many sports car owners like their wishbones powder coated or painted with POR-15 etc to prevent rust. If some ***** then drags a metal chain over the wishbones whilst installing their clamp. It *is* going to cause property damage. Damage that will cost time and money to put right.
 
NathanE said:
If you leave your property laying around just anywhere. Especially if it is interfering with other peoples property. Then you should *expect* for it to be damaged, removed/relocated or discarded without your consent. Because the property owner didn't give you consent to leave it there in the first place.
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Now consider the case where 'your property' is a car and 'other peoples property' is someone elses land. Would you be happy if you came back to find your property "damaged, removed/relocated or discarded without your consent. Because the property owner didn't give you consent to leave it there in the first place."
 
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