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This kind of thing is yet more demonstration that the trolls hate motorists, and like nothing more than to see them bullied and made to pay ludicrous amounts of money for utterly trivial "infringements". Here, someone is charged =A3350 because he overstayed slightly in a car park which costs 50p an hour. If it was anyone but a motorist being subjected to such a ridiculous charge, the trolls would agree that it was utterly disproportionate and a scam run by thugs. But no doubt they support what happened here, because they think drivers are fair game. The more unfair and draconian the incident, the better. Motorists' misery is their delight.

"But he shouldn't have overstayed," growl the trolls. As if that means that a THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUND charge is perfectly OK. And besides, legally the cowboy clampers have no leg to stand on, as the only possible mechanism they could use is contract law, and you can't form a contract with a car. Still, I'm sure the trolls don't care about that, because as far as they're concerned, "The law is the law" only applies when it can be used against drivers.

Motorist-hating fuckwits, the lot of them, and this is yet more evidence. Yet they farcically continue to deny it. They're too cowardly to admit that they've got it in for drivers and EXPLAIN WHY. Utter, utter wankers. Especially Crapman. He's about the only person whose car I would like to see clamped.

(Go on then trolls, prove me wrong and say that you don't support clamping. Or you could claim that charging =A3350 for not having a 50p ticket is "not anti-motorist".  Or you could stop being so pathetic and admit that you hate cars.  Surely it's got to be better than being forced into telling ridiculous lies time after time.)

http://ukroads.blogspot.com/2008/05/midway-parks.html

Midway Parks

Went to Latif's today with my daughter. I like browsing there. The worst thing about the place is the car park: it's too small, forcing people to queue or to drive around looking for somewhere else legal to park. I've had a ticket before for parking in New Canal Street on a single yellow line, so i didn't risk it. I opted for a small private carpark which charges just 50p for an hour. (You know what's coming next, don't you...)

As we queued up at the checkout it dawned on me that I hadn't checked the time, and as we left the store I was shocked, but not surprised, to see my car on the back of a towtruck. I picked up Catherine and ran to challenge the driver, a Mr Marcin Jaroszewicz, who told me, of course, that he couldn't take my car off. (Translation: not allowed to by his boss.) After a few minutes I had to give up, and phone the number on the sign.

The number is wrong, but I got the correct number (0121 333 6007) and the nice lady told me to pop along to Midland Street with =A3350 if I wanted to see my car again. I took Catherine home on the bus, took my two debit cards to a cashpoint, and got a bus back into town. Midland Street is in the twilight zone about a mile from the centre.

You ring the bell and a guy comes to the gate with a piece of paper and you sign the paper and hand over your =A3350 before you're allowed in. The pound is behind a second gate, so that you can't actually see whether your car is there or not.

My car was there and seemingly none the worse for wear, but I'm determined to make as many waves as I can about this diabolical ripoff. There were about 40 other cars in the pound, each about to earn the proprietor, Mathew Nathan Wilkins, of 352 Stonehouse Lane, Quinton, an additional =A340 for a night in his care.

(It's just occurred to me that the A&S on the ticket and A/S on the receipt refer to the landowner, which means it's probably A&S Textiles. The grid reference of the carpark is SP076868.)