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MSE News: Wheel clamping ban moves closer
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gadgetmind wrote: »We have an office car park that's only 5 mins walk from the city centre. Our spaces cost us £1500 per year and people regularly park there and deprive us of use of the spaces. We have tried politely asking people not to park there, but usually get a mouthful of abuse.
We have therefore reluctantly gone the clamping route, and the signs seem to be working. What will we do if the law changes to prevent clamping? Will we once again be forced to pay for alternative parking because all of our spaces are taken by !!!!!!!!!!s?
It sounds to me like the baby is being thrown out with the bathwater.
Ian
Physical barriers!
I repeat, they seem to cope OK in Scotland.What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?0 -
Why don't you contact some businesses in Scotland and ask them how they have coped over the last twenty years.Rather than being pedantic, how about coming up with a suggestion to help with the hundreds of thousands of businesses that have such a problem. :wall:What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?0 -
you can't.
why do you think you as a private citizen have the right to punish anyone?
So I am just expected to allow any Tom, !!!!!! or Harry abuse my property? If I find any more cars parked on my property, I shall just have to use the vans to box them in then.You'll just have to try harder, the only legal avenue to prevent unwanted parkers will be bollards or gates. If its your property and you want to keep people off, then adding a physical barrier is going to be the only answer.
How, if the council or freeholder won't give me permission to do that? What recourse will I have over the gits that think I am running a free car park?The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
However, what alternatives are being provided for, to stop illegal parking on private land? If an errant motorist has dumped their car on my forecourt, how can I get rid of it, or punish the little beggar to make sure they don't do it again?
P.S. Yes, I have tried chains, cones etc. and no, I can't put up bollards or gates.
Folding parking posts:
http://www.csi-products.co.uk/parking-posts-c-66_551_400_235.html?page=2&sort=20a&gclid=CKi7nICu-6YCFYMRfAodV3ObFA0 -
Our building's car park is open to anyone and near the town centre. Nobody who doesn't work here ever parks. Occasionally a school run mum does a U-turn, but nothing major.
Of course, it's in the interest of private parking companies to promote the idea of widespread abuse which is some sort of scourge on society.0 -
Oh lovely, so everyone has to fit awkward and expensive gates and barriers just because of a few !!!!!!!!!!s who can't be bothered to find a proper parking space. As it happens, we do have barriers on our larger car park at the rear, which have twice been ripped off by people who thought that they had a right to damage our property just so they could then park where they wanted.
Sorry, but clamping seems like a perfect way to discourage inconsiderate parking such as this. I'm sure it's open to abuse, but if there are signs up explaining that it's private property DON'T PARK THERE!
IanI am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
trisontana wrote: »Why don't you contact some businesses in Scotland and ask them how they have coped over the last twenty years.
Because I don't freaking do business in Scotland. You seem to know all the answers, why not let us all into the secret.The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
What part of....no, I can't put up bollards or gates
....did you not understand?The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
gadgetmind wrote: »We have therefore reluctantly gone the clamping route, and the signs seem to be working. What will we do if the law changes to prevent clamping? Will we once again be forced to pay for alternative parking because all of our spaces are taken by !!!!!!!!!!s?
Ian
So what is so difficult about erecting a boom with card access control. It wouldn't cost much and would keep any unauthorised cars out.
Or is it the loss of profit from the clamping that is the real problem?====0 -
gadgetmind wrote: »Oh lovely, so everyone has to fit awkward and expensive gates and barriers just because of a few !!!!!!!!!!s who can't be bothered to find a proper parking space. As it happens, we do have barriers on our larger car park at the rear, which have twice been ripped off by people who thought that they had a right to damage our property just so they could then park where they wanted.
Sorry, but clamping seems like a perfect way to discourage inconsiderate parking such as this. I'm sure it's open to abuse, but if there are signs up explaining that it's private property DON'T PARK THERE!
Ian
1. Do you have clampers already employed? If not, how will the ban affect you?
2. What is the precise wording of the signs do you have up? A patronising templated sign barking orders and hollow threats is likely to be ignored.0
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