Today Is Wheel Clamp Day
Four vehicles pictured here have been wheel clamped. Many more were seen elsewhere in the car park. The car park enforcement van was still around, with the officers busy wheel clamping more cars. I’m impressed by the size of their arsenal of wheel clamping devices. I just wonder how many wheel clamps they have altogether. How many cars can they handle?
This is at one of the car parks at NUS. This one is open to public parking, and sometimes it gets way over-crowded. There are times when it is so bad that every possible way to illegally park will be occupied. You can’t even illegally park, because there is simply no way to do so unless you want to obstruct traffic.
I hope not to get wheel clamped. Sometimes I have to illegally park too.
One thing I’ve noted of late (the last many months) is that parking in town has become a lot easier than before. Probably a sign that lesser people are spending time shopping or partying in town.
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Wheel clamping is becoming really annoying, I know myself because I work for these companies. Car park management is changing up, and wheel clamps are becoming inefficient, and as you can see, a real pain. Clamps are really difficult to maintain. If they just set up things like self-administrated ticketing systems or even user-contributed ticketing systems online, they could be handled in more ethical ways. Also, there are many routes to make appeals so that it does not end up costing much.
The wheel clamps will likely die out as new services improve. They enforce in these car parks because of whatever revenue collection method they think helps them out. It’s much less obstructive for companies to use wheel clamping alternatives both for legal and for general motorist mood reasons. I figure it’s a way to cull the fire.