Motorists fleeced by private clampers
Car insurer LV= has released research which reveals that there has been a 64% rise in drivers being clamped in the last year.
The charge is typically £116 or £120, depending upon whether the clamper is municipal or private, and the legality of private clampers is presently disputed.
LV=’s research indicates that local councils made £21m from the charges, a fraction of the £58m made by private firms.
In addition to the tribulation of being clamped, 4% of those who are suffer damage to the car from being clamped.
Due to the absence of regulation for private clampers there are no official channels for complaint or compensation, which can prove highly elusive.
LV= advises motorists in this situation to send a letter, recorded delivery, together with photographs of the clamped vehicle and the location where it occurred.
Over the last 12 months private clampers have gone on something of a rampage, increasing their clampings from 292,023 to 486,705 from one year to the next.
John O’Roarke, LV= car insurance MD, has called on the government to regulate the private clampers and described the fines imposed by such firms as unreasonable and extortionate.
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