Just the ticket for wheelclampers
COWBOY wheelclampers who will soon be outlawed could turn their attention to illegal parking ticket rackets, the AA warned today.
From October 1, it will become a criminal offence to clamp on private land as the Protection of Freedoms Act comes into force.
The AA, which campaigned to have the cowboys banned, said the illegal clampers might try to shift their business to bogus parking tickets on private land.
And AA president Edmund King warned drivers to be particularly vigilant about where they park until the October 1 ban takes effect.
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The new clamping law applies to England and Wales, but not Northern Ireland. Clamping and towing away on private land has been banned in Scotland since 1992.
Mr King said: "We are delighted that cowboy clampers will have to hang up their clamps in a fortnight. This campaign had become a personal crusade for me over the last decade. The outright ban on wheelclamping on private land is a victory for justice and common sense.
"Too many clampers have been acting like modern-day highwaymen for too long. Many elderly and vulnerable people have been ripped off by these callous cowboys. We advise drivers to be particularly vigilant over the next two weeks."
Comments
by Swanners11
Friday, September 28 2012, 12:35PM
“This is great news. I don't understand how this law wasn't changed sooner.”