MSE News: Wheel clamping to be banned on private land

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Wheel clamping to be banned on private land

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• Fair enough, but what is going to be done about all of those that park without permission on private land?
  Will clamping just be replaced with something else? Just read towing also banned, but surely they will have something up their sleeve?
• Towing is banned too, and it reads as if immobilising a vehicle is also punishable. So what do you do when you want to lock up your car park at night and there's still someone parked in there?
• Installing barriers is no solution for a business that has a private car park.
  Car parks have to be accessible, but nothing can be done to stop people who do not have permission to park. Oh, except giving an unenforcable ticket.
  Yes, I disagree with cowboy clampers etc, but I also disagree with those that are parking on other peoples land without permission.
• Parking on the wrong person's drive on the wrong day is always going to equal your car being damaged. How exactly does that equal to me saying the answer to someone parking on your drive is to smash it up? I was just making the observation that, that is likely to happen.
• I hope someone from Scotland will give you the answer to this conundrum as they have banned it for the last 20 years.
• [And don't forget that this ban has been in force in Scotland for twenty years without the collapse of civilization.[/QUOTE]
  Come on posters - we've been on for years about banning clamping and towing. Finally the government is doing something about it and all you now do is bicker about the consequences. Shame on you.
• Hear hear for this government. This is a principled and courageous decision and absolutely the right thing. This legalised extortion could not continue.
  As for the old parking on your drive chestnut its the same load of rubbish from the same old places. Face it thieving scum clampers. You lost. You are the weakest link, goodbye.
  You would be better off trying to get your fees back from the BPA or getting onto ebay to sell off your clamps and tow trucks. The get down the job centre to get a taste of the future.
• What did MSE have to say about parking tickets on private land:
  "This is about unfair tickets