Clamped outside doctors - £320!

BYALPHAINDIA

And if they do clamp you on private property they have NO legal powers whatsoever to pursue you afterwards for the bill, Only the local council, County court, Or HMRC have the power to visit you at your property to make payment.

They could try but that would take time which they won't have?

Cool_Mint

Read this: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/bargains-and-rip-offs/motoring/article.html?in_article_id=513703&in_page_id=53949

Appeal it. At most you will have to pay £150 and I think it's more than likely you won't have to pay a single penny. ONLY the Council can legally enforce parking fines, private clampers have no such powers and never have. If you think a parking fine is excessive or unfair you can take the matter to court and appeal against it, remember that these clamping & towing companies are just private citizens the same as you, they don't have any special legal status.

sassy_one

Although I offer no advice on how to go about it, you could have simply used force to remove the wheel clamp from your car.


I carry a 24v rechargeable battery drill in my boot for this very reason; a simple task that will take no longer than 20 minutes.

Word of advice; take the clamp with you, don't leave it.

pwllbwdr

Wouldn't that be theft?

I'm surprised to hear that a battery powered drill will get a wheel clamp off. I would have expected to need to use an angle grinder. And definitely not a chainsaw:eek:

Invalidation

pwllbwdr wrote: »

Wouldn't that be theft?

I'm surprised to hear that a battery powered drill will get a wheel clamp off. I would have expected to need to use an angle grinder. And definitely not a chainsaw:eek:

He was probably using a battery powered angle grinder.

You should never take the clamp but just leave it.

hubert_cumberdale

you could always remove your hub by undoing the ball joint and suspension fixings and remove the drive shaft from the gearbox and disconnect the brake pipe.

you will need duplicate parts to fit back on so you can drive away

cardinalbiggles

neilmcl wrote: »

Clamping is still legal.

Not in Scotland it aint, we outlawed that cowboy practice many years ago!

thescouselander

Unfortunately this is just about legal fot the time being. No doubt if you took this to court you would win but actually getting money out of the clampers will be almost impossible as they will refuse to pay and will not have any assets which could be seized.

Probably the best thing to to is to cut off the clamp with an angle grinder. Keep the clamp, put it in "storage" and invite the clampers to pay an exorbitant fee to get it back. That way you haven't stolen it and it becomes a civil matter (as long as no-one sees you causing criminal damage to the clamp when you remove it).

Alternatively you could always deny seeing any clams and dispose of it however you see fit.

Either way - dont pay the thieving little *****.

Inactive

sassy-one wrote: »

Although I offer no advice on how to go about it, you could have simply used force to remove the wheel clamp from your car.


I carry a 24v rechargeable battery drill in my boot for this very reason; a simple task that will take no longer than 20 minutes.

Word of advice; take the clamp with you, don't leave it.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Have you ever got a wheel clamp off with a 24v drill?

No, I thought not.

neilmcl

What's the situation regarding criminal damage if you remove the clamp by force?