Do clamps breach human rights?
Updated on 09 July 2009
Wheelclampers are acting illegally by imposing exorbitant charges for the release of cars parked on private land, according to the RAC foundation.
Following a review of private property parking regulations, they say that clamping vehicles on private land could breach human rights - as the punishments of clamping and fines are handed out without a proper legal process.
In 2007, councils in England and Wales were banned from using wheelclamps except in exceptional circumstances, but that did not cover clampers working on private land.
