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Saturday, May 16, 2009

Car Clamp Industry Abolishes Upper Limit on Removal Fees

Motorists face a sharp rise in clamping and removal fees under plans by the parking industry’s trade body to remove the cap on penalties.

The British Parking Association is weakening its code of conduct to give clampers greater freedom to charge what they like for alleged breaches of parking rules in thousands of private car parks.

The association has quietly removed a paragraph referring to “recommended maximum fees”. It has replaced it with the words: “Setting charges is a matter for operators.”

The revised code goes on to state that a clamp-release fee of £125, a removal fee of £250 and a daily storage fee of £35 “in our opinion . . . would not be unreasonable or excessive”. But it does not say that these are maximums, leaving it up to its members to decide how much to charge.

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