Just heard that - in Luton - a pair of Car Clampers have been attacked and put into hospital.

A driver/owner was clamped, the clampers were there and demanded £150 to take the clamp off ...... the man went away to 'get the money' returning with a group of men who took their heads off.

Hard to not feel a little smile on my lips ......... I do think the application of miniature clamps on the wheels of their hospital beds was a little cruel

 

I'll go to hell for saying this but, serves them right!

They make a living out of intimidating people and nigh on demanding money with menaces, so they can't really be surprised when it goes wrong for them occasionally.

 

Not that I advocate beating people up but it would be justice if their van gets clamped while they are enjoying the hospital food.

 

I demand a link to the report.... I need to save it and distribute it for everyones general humour.

 

If the guy was parked illegaly then he'll deserve all that the law can throw him.

If they guy was parked legally and they clamped him anyway (or an illegal tiny sign was put up on a tree facing away from the parking spaces) when the clampers deserved all they got.

 

Wheel-clampers attacked after asking for £150 - Bedford Today

 

Wheel-clampers attacked after asking for £150 - Luton Today

 

Sweet

Banny

 

Bit silly considering the clampers (and now the Police) will have recorded the registration number.

 

good

 

"'After the assault the two victims fled on foot,"


The gang didnt try hard enough IMO if this can happen after.

 

9:45pm on a Friday night.... Nothing better to do then?

 

That will teach them, but if they could run away, the job wasnt finished properly!


150 quid to release a car is taking the ****, thats alot of money!

 

I feel for the people who ordered the take away.....

 

Violence can't be condoned, but I have no sympathy for these people with their extortionate recovery rates and dubious practices. I'd say it's not beyond clampers to be menacing towards their 'customers' too.

It is said that the car was parked on the drive on F1. I've recently had an exhaust from this place and have also parked on their drive, in fact it's essential for the movement of vehicles in and out of the shop. Although, I don't quite know if and why the place would be open at 9.45 pm

 

I have to say though. If it had been 5 white men attacking 2 Asian clampers, you can bet your house it'd be reported as a Racist attack.

 

I just think that without the facts this attack cannot be cheered or jeered. for example, if the car was parked on private land, where there were clamping signs up, then the "thug" deserved to be clamped, towed away, fined, mocked and laughed at.
If it was a case of dodgy clamping by a dodgy company then the clampits should expect a good hiding from time to time...
From extracting what I can from the news article I would say it's the former...

 

Trouble is, how do you justify a £150 fine for parking in the wrong place?

You simply can't.

I don't agree with people getting hiding. But it is difficult to sympathise with out and out profiteering

 

Probably not registered in their name or false plates

 

Thugs 1 - Clampers 0

 

You're sounding like a broken record. Change the tune.

 

i agree if u park illigally u should be punished but i think clamping is demanding money by menace. i had an argument over a parking ticket sid it was nt mine and dint know about it, they said tough basically then clamped my car. i need the car so had to pay it but i still to this day say i wasnt illegally parked and never got a ticket.

 

Fantastic bit of insight there.

 

Hey it's Luton, probably wasn't even their car

 

Luton, its a wonder they didn't steel the clamp

 

I'd imagine the clamp was already made of steel

 

 

If you park illegally then you can expect a penalty of course. However, £150 is a ridiculous sum to ask for and they should not be surprised at the reaction.

Les

 

I have 5 spaces at work and people are always parking in them and then buggering off to the shops. It's really frustrating when I pay £1000 a month for my unit and then can't get a space when I need one.

(I do have clamping signs up in several places)

So I use a local company and they make a bloody fortune out of clamping people in my spaces, worth every penny to me.

 

could you not clamp them yourself even more money