Driver clamped as he let out his wife in car park

Driver clamped as he let out his wife in car park NOTORIOUS car clampers at the centre of several complaints have hit controversy again after a motorist was apparently hit with a £150 fine as he stopped momentarily to drop his wife off at the shops. He said: "He jumped into the back of the Land Rover and got something out. I didn't know what he was doing along with the next thing I saw him fly under the car. I got out and he was putting a clamp on. " Mrs Reid, 43, a kitchen assistant, said: "They ought to be stopped but it doesn't seem like anybody can do anything about it. "It all happened so fast. I don't know how an elderly person would have reacted. " Residents in nearby Haworth have long claimed that over-zealous clamping was affecting the village's tourist trade. My husband had his head down for two seconds while he tuned the radio. Mrs Reid said: "We will do whatever it takes. This is absolutely ridiculous. " Car Stoppers Ltd was given the Dick Turpin Award by the RAC in 2003 for the nation's worst clamper, and hit the headlines two years later when a minibus taking special needs pupils on a trip was clamped. " Mr Evans said his company operates within the law and did everything by the book when clamping the car. He said he had video camera footage which proved his actions were legal but would reveal it only if the case went to court. The couple, who live in the tiny Yorkshire Dales hamlet of Starbotton, have reported Car Stoppers Ltd to Trading Standards and plan to do all they can to stop them in their tracks. I ran to the bank as quickly as I could and was worrying that I will not be quick enough. "He wouldn't remove the clamp until I gave him the money. Mrs Reid said: "Everybody knows but there doesn't seem to be anything people can do. One second the car flew up behind him along with the next he could hear clinking under the car and before he knew it he was clamped. Anybody with a heart condition or somebody who is frail surely will not be able to handle this stress. " Mrs Reid also claims Mr Evans pushed her away so she fell to her knees when she challenged him. He had his engine running and was tuning his radio when Mr Evans, who has fielded a series of complaints about his "over-zealous" tactics, blocked the Porsche into a tight space with his Land Rover. A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police confirmed they are considering the viability of an alleged assault but have made no arrests. A spokesman for North Yorkshire Trading Standards said: "We are aware of this incident and we are giving consideration to. He knows I would have cancelled the cheque and seen him in court. It was a really frightening experience. In 2007, an employee of the company was threatened with an Asbo after hundreds of motorists complained about over-zealous tactics. According to residents of Skipton, a flurry of clamping – including the targeting of a woman delivering to a charity shop and a driving instructor who stopped to pick up his pupil – has led to a call for the firm to be banished from the town. Paramedic Julia Shackleton and her mother, Maxine Mawson, said they fell victim when they stopped to deliver items to a charity shop. Driver clamped as he let out his wife in car park Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 02/03/2012