Pub Car parks and wheel clamps

[Jenkins]

We have had problems with unauthorised people parking in our (small) carpark at work. It isn't big enough for those who have a right to park there and other people in the area are taking the preverbial **** on a daily basis.

Clamping is a nightmare legally (and causes obvious tension) so we opted for ticketing which at least lets you drive home and pay the fine at your leisure. Basically a registered company sorts out the display signs, provides us with the tickets and we then ticket unauthorised vehicles.

The reason for posting this is to warn people that these tickets are legally enforcable. The companys concerned process the fines and will go to the DVLA to obtain your vehicle details and if need be take you to court (which will cost you even more) if you don't pay within the set period of time.

Oh and before you start slateing me for being a calous and hard hearted individual. We have gone to considerable lengths to notify surrounding businesses that we will be ticketing vehicles, cancelled a number of tickets (out of goodwill) and generally only issue tickets when the carpark is busy/full and we need the spaces for our own customers.

[fishyheid]

As Dave mentioned earlier, we stopped it up here as it is treated as extortion/theft. I could happily bore you with the details of the lead case in this area if you really wanted (not a top plan).

You can still be ticketed privately as Jenkins mentions above. At least that way the car is still 'yours'.

I have to say, I think we've got it right. If a car is obstructing something, and you clamp it, it's still obstructing something.

[Digger]

Well this week I got into the carparking opposite the station at Mrs Digger's place. There was a truck and the clampers were out. I told them I was visiting the flat and didn't have a parking permit. They asked if I would like a parking permit. I said yes. They gave me one and I went away happy. See, not all clampers are wankers.

I did see a great trick where someone without a parking permit had parked right up against the kerb and turned their wheel so it was right up against the kerb. Then someone with a permit parked literally an inch from the other side of the car. There were at least 4 of them looking at it trying to work out what they could do. They couldn't clamp or move the car with the permit, they couldn't clamp the car without one. I walked past and suggested they leave a note with "well done, you win" written on it.

Digs.

[big_si]

Originally Posted by mala

i would have gone to the pub,bought a pint and asked the landlord if he didnt mind me leaving the car there when i had my hair cut.

I've done this retrospectively. Parked in the pub car park opposite the LDS to drop cylinders off. When I came back out the car had been blocked in (rest of car park was empty).

Popped into pub. Had a drink. "went out to car park and noticed that car was blocked in" went back into pub and asked to have vehicle moved. No drama.

[Joe4527]

I think it's sad that we live in a country where this sort of thing goes on. I drive all over for a living and I haven't been clamped yet but I have had parking tickets for parking in spaces outside residents houses that I have been visiting to do a job which only takes five mins at best. Each time I have appealed but had no luck. That's frustrating!

[Hickdive]

I rent a parking space in Glasgow city centre. The number of times I've had people just park in my space is incredible. Every time I can't park in my rented space I have to pay an absolute fortune for on street parking (if I can find a space) or a multi-storey. Effectively these w*nkers are stealing my money.

I've put up signs, put notes on cars and even clamped one particularly persistent offender* all to no effect.

Eventually I just bought a bollard and bolted it into the ground in my space. It padlocks upright and folds flat when I need to park. So far it seems to be doing the trick.

It seems there is a legal grey area in Scotland as to whether or not it is the release charge that is the problem, I wasn't charging to release, just doing it at MY convenience.

[Midnight]

The brain donors on my estate management committee have announced (without asking anyone) with great glee that they have now employed a company to clamp vehicles that are parked in allocated spaces.

I replied that I hope that they are not going to charge me for this "service" as the last thing I want is some twat clamping a strangers car in my space when what I actually want is the fking thing moved. Several of us have quietly made it known that we have the facility to move most vehicles out of the way and leave them somewhere where they will inconvenience the owner instead.

Clamping is not a method of keeping vehicles out of the way it is a method of raising revenue and inconveniencing both the offender and the person or people who have rightful access by not allowing the vehicle to be moved.

They were invented for making wheeled vehicles more difficult to steal, it should have stayed that way. You can't blame the evil minded git who first saw a way of making money out of them but you can blame the round-shouldered local governments who only saw a way of off loading the responsibility for ticketting and collecting penalties whilst forgetting the responsibilty for maintaining the free movement of traffic.

If you do not want them there move them don't bolt the bloody things to the floor!!!!

Midnight

[Joe4527]

I'll second that! my sentiments exactly.

[Flipside]

hacks me right off you pay road tax to drive on the Queens highway, and the local council charges you even more to park on it.

all council staff should wear masks as part of their corporate identity

Flipside