Empty car park with no signs about clamping etc

BargainGalore

I hate car clampers however having said that just because some land is stood idle doesn't give you the right to park there

Would you like it if you came home and saw a car parked in your driveway if you had one for example

pd52

Ladygrim wrote: »

Have you contacted the estate agents for their permission - perhaps a donation to their charity box might keep you out of trouble?

Thats a good point, but it might attract thenm to come and have a look, when noone has been near before

Ladygrim

pd52 wrote: »

Thats a good point, but it might attract thenm to come and have a look, when noone has been near before

In which case they may choose to put signage up to advise if its okay to park there or not.

Either way, you get an answer to the question asked by the OP.

LG

pd52

BargainGalore wrote: »

I hate car clampers however having said that just because some land is stood idle doesn't give you the right to park there

Would you like it if you came home and saw a car parked in your driveway if you had one for example

No I wouldnt like it, and i totally agree with you 100%, I know Im being cheeky, but It was an empty building, I didnt block any access or obstruct anything, and i would move right away without anyfus if someone asked me to.

Out of interest, do clampers just take it upon themselves to clamp, or does the owner have to ring them and say 'go clamp cars on my land' also how much would they charge the land owner?

pd52

im not asking anyone to defend my actions and i understand its not my land, i was more 'wondering' what the scenario might be

BargainGalore

I personnel wouldn't risk it. We all like to save money but we know know of stories of parasite low life clampers. I know there are cases when there is a legitimate need to stop people parking illegally unfortunately the clamping trades only in it for one reason extortion

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/travel/2009/08/ban-the-parking-clampers

pd52

WOW £500!! bolt cutters to that! seriously

Mark_Hewitt

pd52 wrote: »

So they could just stick a sign up on the day?

how is that even fair, surley i would be 'unaware' its private land

:mad:

Since when do wheel clampers care about fairness?!

27col

Just because it is an empty building doesn't give you the right to park there.What you are doing is not "a bit cheeky" as you seem to think. It is a "big cheek" that you think that some stranger should provide you with free parking. You would not think of using the empty building to have your lunch in, so why should you think that it is all right to use their car park.
Having said that, it is about time that this useless government copied the Scots and made private clamping illegal. I do not think that fairness is a word that crops up very often in the conversations of PPC and clampers.

movingforward2010

near my work place that has been a council building empty for 2 years with a massive car park where about 2 council workers park there!

I rang the council and asked if i could park there for £2 a day and they could give the money to a charity of their choice of whatever!

no they said, spoke to a friend at the council and they said it wont sell thats why its empty for so long, i mean £40 a month for charity or an empty car park, i mean they could tell us to move when it was sold.

madness

so i just park next to other council worker now:rotfl::rotfl: