MSE News: Wheel clamping ban moves closer

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The Government is pressing ahead with plans to make clamping and towing-away on private land a criminal offence ...

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Wheel clamping ban moves closer

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• This law could have been passed within months, not years.
  They must be working out how to make money from it.
  Nothing new..
• This is welcome news for the large part; these thugs have never been welcome. 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.
• Why does scotland not allow wheelclamping as such?
  I'm very curious because money is usually the driving force between laws etc.
• Hehe, I presumed anyway that "legal" clamping was still allowed and excessively penalised.
• We have an office car park that's only 5 mins walk from the city centre. Our spaces cost us Ј1500 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
• 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.
• 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