I’ve written in the last few months about clamping at Colwick MPTC (with updates after the original clamped ADI contacted me, and after I’d seen another car clamped).
Another reader has contacted me with the following:
Hi
I was also clamped on the 11th May and had no choice but to pay for removal of my wheel clamp – £140!!!
I rang the police as i was clamped by an irish male in a landscaping van, who looked very suspicious and unprofessional.
The police didn’t beleive he was ‘official’ but I had no choice to pay him. He said to appeal against it, which i have sent several e-mails to Town Park Management and not had any response.
I think it is absolutely disgusting. I have parked there for years to walk my dog and are very angry at the situation.
Hopefully, the forthcoming ban on private clamping will stop the cowboys at City Estates (and their mercenary deputies) raking in money for their own benefit.
All that crap in their letter at the test centre – claiming it is because of “Health & Safety” – is bullshit. I was down there the other night on a lesson and there were lorries and cars parked all over the place as they used to be. City Estates is just sending out their deputies when they need a few quid, and targeting people who are less likely to be able to do something about it.