motorist beats clampers

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well done that man :beer: :beer:


http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/29072010/36/sit-protest-driver-defeats-clampers-0.html

KSoni

Change is gonna come.

Coupon-mad

Sadly not a private clamper as such, though. A clamper acting for a Council - but well done that man for avoiding the pathetic tow rip-off that Councils play out across the land every day without good reason (except as a cash-cow).

peter_the_piper

Totally over the top reaction to a motorist who parks a foot or two over the end of a line. If towing is a last resort and is all to do with easing traffic flow, how do they justify this one?

AlexisV

Why is the council spokesman accusing him of parking 'illegally'?

Coblcris

Technically the decriminalised parking regulations connect to the 1984 Act.
See The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General Regulations 2007 S.I. 2007 No. 3483 S.4 and trace back through named Regulations.
What was an offence under criminalised becomes a contravention under decriminalised. Do not forget that the not all councils operate under a decriminalised regime thus the legislation has a dual path. One for criminalised and one which transforms such an act into a decriminalised one for the purposes of CPE.
However it should be called a Contravention in my opinion, as per the wording of the referenced Statutory Instrument as under CPE the allegation made by the PCN is a civil matter and is one of alleging that a contravention took place.

Plus, quite frankly, council parking spokespersons tend to be rather poor in my opinion and tend to spout 'the party line' rather than anything factual or accurate. Their training seems very questionable in my view.

They will never get to the status of Sir Humphrey.

sarahg1969

Shame the police didn't tell the clampers or the council, "It's a civil matter, sir".

Coblcris

Which of course it was.

You pr1ck it with a needle.

anewman

They only gave up and released the car because the police wouldn't drag the man out of the car and they wanted to be elsewhere actually making money. If they'd have been there all day they wouldn't have been able to tow the other 50 cars they towed that day. I like how the towing company called the police saying he was being threatening to them, to$$er$.

I'm interested in seeing more evidence of this "illegal parking".

More pictures and details http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1298412/Car-clampers-retreat-drivers-sit-protest.html

DaveF327

I feel that the situation only ended like it did because they were on a public road blocking traffic. What would the outcome have been on a near empty private car park at a retail park?

peter_the_piper

I think you already know the answer to that question. Sorry Sir, Civil Matter.