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Clamping on private property

  • 18-11-2005 4:18pm
    #1
    Trampas
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    http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13464435,00.html

    Will this happen over do people think??




    Rogue wheelclampers are ignoring laws to license their activities and continuing to clamp illegally, according to a new report.

    Sky News uncovered shocking evidence of intimidation and the sneak tactics used by the clampers, but the authorities decided none of it was illegal.

    RAC Foundation for Motoring has demanded the Home Office takes action because the cowboy operators were charging too much, damaging vehicles and accepting bribes.

    More than 90% of motorists want to see costly 'vehicle immobilisers' outlawed in England and Wales, according to a survey by the foundation.

    Many backed a Scottish courts ruling that condemned wheel clamping as "extortion and theft", before banning it in 1992.


    Since May 3, in England and Wales, anyone working as a 'vehicle immobiliser' on private land must have a licence from the Security Industry Authority (SIA).

    The licence is meant to show that a clamper has been properly trained and has passed a criminal record check.

    But the foundation claimed to have proof of some flouting the law.

    One operator allegedly told a motorist to move his car to a specific area, waited until he left and then clamped him.

    The Home Office said the SIA accepted "unprofessional practices may have been carried out" but did not notice anything illegal in the foundation's evidence.

    The foundation's Edmund King said wheel clamping on private land should be "outlawed" if it cannot be regulated properly.


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