I was clamped last night, but what I noticed was the Clampers van's tax disk was out of date?

Question

I was clamped last night, but what I noticed was the Clampers van's tax disk was out of date, would my position change, if they are driving around illegally?? I paid it anyway, and the police really couldnt care less. Actually, considering how aggressive and rude the clamper was, we were threatened us with arrest! Their whole attitude to us was completely unjustified, we didnt see a sign... there wasnt one, we argued this with the terribly aggressive clamper, who called the police. The police that attended need to be neutral, not take sides, and threaten and insult at every opportunity. Very disappointed with the police force, no wonder people wanna bring back vigilantes!

Answer 1

As far as I know the tax disc being out of date is no longer the responsibility of the Police, it's down to DVLA, so report them. The DVLA usually allow 14 days to replace a tax disc. I would report the Police Officers to the Chief Constable, they do have a Code of Conduct to abide by.

Answer 2

Report them to the DVLA. Give the b******* a taste of their own medicine

Answer 3

yes it would-because the van had no right to be on the road in the first place in order to clamp you-so appeal on those grounds.

it's much the same as the traffic cop stopping you for some motoring offence or other-if the police car is not in a roadworthy condition (and this includes an up to date tax disc) then it has no right to be there in the first place and more often than not the offence would get scrubbed.

it's worth giving it a go.

i would also report the officers because of the non-professional way in which they executed their duty-they should have pulled the clampers up on the out of date tax for a start.

Answer 4

Report them to the DVLA and report the police for their failure to notice and act upon an out of date tax disk.

Answer 5

report the vehicle to dvla, and report the police officers to the chief constable, if you have there nos then better still if not then give as much detail as possible, time, place,any witnesses who was in your party as witness

Answer 6

If the police failed to take action over the out of date road tax they were failing in their duty. You should report that to the Chief Constable.

Answer 7

Your position won't have changed.

You should still report the van!

Answer 8

I agree will all the rpevious - DVLA - Chief constable - but also if you felt threatened by the clampers - then you too have a right to protection - if you were clamped on public roads - then you may have a right to prosecute by right of deprivation of your property depending on if there was clearly visble signage - there are plenty of cases out there as a precedent - also depends on how much money you want to spend pursuing this.

Good luck - I don't like private clampers - they are basically legallised blackmailers.

Answer 9

it wont really make a difference to the position you were in. Id complain to the professional standards unit of the police that this guy was aggressive to you and the police took no action

Answer 10

Report them don't hesitate. This is from someone whois reluctant to report anyone

Answer 11

Whilst it doesn't affect the legality or otherwise of their actions relating to you, it is still an illegal act in itself and you could report them to the DVLA.

If you felt that the clampers were aggressive etc, you can make a formal complaint to the police about both their and the police officers' conduct, but you may decide it is not worth the hassle and chalk it up to experience. However, if there were no signs, get photographs asap before that is corrected. If it is to do with a parking ticket from the local authority, there is an appeal against parking tickets. If it was on private land, you can take a civil action and, possibly, a criminal complaint. It may be worth gathering information and then taking legal advice as to whether it is worthwhile pursuing.

Hope that helps.

Answer 12

I would expect you should be due a refund since legally he shouldn't be on the road. I hope you got his registration number so you can report him to the DVLA. Write a letter of complaint to the Police re: their lack of interest in the untaxed vehicle, the clamping company and inform your local trading standards both about the clampers aggressive behaviour and expired tax.