Burt

Got clamped today in the albert dock carpark in liverpool, never saw the postage stamp signs, and got charged £60 release fee. Anyone know the laws on warning signs etc...

Cheers
Burt

NotoriousREV

I know that area fairly well and to be honest, if you didn't see the signs, you need glasses.

Burt

Ah geniuine mistake on my part, and the only signs warning you were up on a lampost abount 10 foot up.

Thanks for your help.

hedgehog

Who clamped you? What legal right did they have to clamp you? If they claimed to be acting to enforce the law what crime did a court convict you of?

Tam the bam

Move to Scotland as clamping is illegal up here Only the DVLA are still allowed to do it on un-taxed cars

warrenm2

private land hedgehog - get a grip!

Burt

having a trawl over the tinternet to see if I can find anything

hedgehog

Being on private land does not mean that you can break the law of the land, nor does it mean that you can make up your own laws and that they will be legally enforcable.

pslewis

You've paid your money and been released I guess??

It's highly unlikely you will take any action once you have calmed down and they know it ...... better to remove the clamp, without damaging it, at the time

The internet is full of how to get the clamps off ... may mean letting a tyre down or stuff - but it can be done (and they cannot force you not to remove it as thats assault!!)

Pete

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

fcuckers put a chain and padlock through my wheel and suspension once, try anf get that ****** off

warrenm2

By parking here you are forming a contract, blah, blah, blah......

Tam the bam

If I lived in an area where that was likely to happen, I'd keep a decent set of bolt cutters in the car.

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

that would be criminal damage though

Tam the bam

So what they are tampering with your car, **** them, I bet you'd get away with it as it would cost more to take you to court than the fine is worth.

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

good point, but they slap you with court costs on top of the fine, they always win

Tam the bam

You are right, I forgot that in Britain the biggest criminal/threat to the nation is the motorist What a ****ed up/greedy government we live under eh? Don't get me started please

hedgehog

Again the terms of the contract do not supersede the word of the law, it is unfortunate but somewhat representitive of the general attitude within society towards the rights that we hold, that this concept proves too difficult for you.