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Rainmaker, your belief matches what I have read on Consumer Action Group, and the other anti parking charge website whose name I forget. The words penalty charge are reserved for official use and it is against the rules/guidelines for parking companies to use the terms. I think it may be something to do with how they are not permitted to charge a "penalty" or to be punitive. The invoices are based on contract law so they are suing for damages so a "penalty charge" is by their own admission punitive.

There are even rules for councils, which many of them still aren't adhering to apparently. If the council doesn't follow all the rules about what is on the parking ticket then, assuming you have the balls, you can appeal (which will be probably be refused because councils hate when you challenge their authority) and then take it to a tribunal and win.
 
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Heh, my other half is planning mischeif ;)

She has a friend with an identical car (apart from the wheels), going to take it to the car park next wednesday, park perfectly and see if the idiots clamp the car, THEN we'll record some fun :D
 
Andrex said:
Would it be illegal to bundle them into the back of your boot (with some cinder blocks) and then take them to a local reservoir? :p

A video of this would be legendary.
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I think it might fall foul of the laws regarding disposal of noxious waste.
 
Can they come round to your house and ask for their clamp back? If you keep it, is that theft? If they came to my door looking for a clamp i'd just say.. errm.. well I was on holiday in france and i needed space in the boot for my duty free, so it's lying by the side of the road there. Feel free to go get it, I didn't damage it.
 
Conanius said:
Great story, but how did you move the clamp to undo the wheel nuts ?
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The red piece of chain is fixed, the green piece is used to loop through things and then tighten the slack. BUT due to the length of the red piece there is a bit of slack/movement, meaning i could get to one of the bolts, then jack it up, spin the wheel, next bolt, etc.
 
Housey said:
Ask the clampers, they have loads apparently :D

This sort of scum, for that is what they are, sucm needs a dose of their own night nurse. I know many coppers also think they are scum, not least because most of said clampers are from the dregs of our society usually at best being 'known' to the boys in blue.
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Absolutely, BIB don't tend to like 'em any more than the public do, and in my experience clampers are generally thugs participating in legalextortion. We should follow Scotland's example and ban private clamping.

Good work OP!
 
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