is there a minimum time that your car must be parked before a clamper can get you?

[caroline319]

Is there a minimum time that your car can be parked before a clamper is allowed to clamp you? Yesterday my hubby was only parked for 30 seconds, just long enough to get out of the car, enter the building where he saw the warning notice about clamping, and then walk out of the building to check if he was parked in the right place, only to find that he was already clamped!! What's even more annoying is that this was our local DVLA office and they only have 4 spaces allocated to them, in a car park of around 30 spaces, and it cost him �125 cash there and then to have the clamp removed, only to find that there were no spaces available inthe DVLA's allotted area.

[caroline319]

No really - apparently he was just standing up after having put it on as my hubby walked out of the building. The guy must have been literally sat in a car, across the road, or in another space, waiting for someone to park up. They must make a fortune out of this car park becuase the DVLA always has a queue of 5 or 6 people waiting to be seen, but only have 4 designated spaces.

[VHG]

Try putting this in the Law section of answerbank

(you may have already done so, I dont usually look in there)