Can you clamp cars on private property

Is it legal to cover my car or motorbike whilst it is on the road? My car was just overhanging double yellow lines and I was given a ticket- is this right? My firm is planning to do some work in a pedestrian zone of the town centre and we need to park our vehicles there, what should we do?

Someone has left a car on my land, what should I do? Someone has parked their car and it is blocking my driveway, what shall I do? What are the rules for parking a car at night? What are the rules in relation to single and double yellow lines? What can I do about people who park in my parking space, car park or on my land when they aren't entitled to do so?

When can I park on double yellow lines? When can I park on single yellow lines? The Road Traffic Act gives the responsibility to local councils but they will only remove a car when it is on a public road as they have no authority to do so when it is on your private property. The council is only required to move the car from your land if the car has been abandoned, i.

As there is a slim chance of getting the law involved, the best thing to do is remain calm and not get yourself into a situation where you could be prosecuted. The fastest solution is to remove the car yourself by hiring a private tow truck, according to the RAC. But this is not advised by the police who say that you should seek legal advice first and that if the car is damaged, the owner of the car may pursue a civil action against you. You can pursue a civil case for trespassing and if the civil courts rule in your favour, the vehicle would be removed from your drive.

The disappointment for them is that for so many years the clamp and the tow really did deter unauthorized parking on private land. One sop for the landowner is that the Act does say that they can use fixed barriers if the barriers were physically in place at the time the vehicle was parked whether in use or not. For many private estates wheel clamping has been used as an effective tool to prevent unauthorized third parties parking without authority.

The trouble is that for so many this is not a preferred option. It should be said in passing that this is the result of "rogue" and "cowboy" clampers and possibly the people who were towers away having damaged the name of the industry. One brilliant alternative to the clamp and the tow for parking problems on private property is the Internet based method the innovative company Flashpark uses.