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Knutsford scandal rages on
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THE CONTROVERSY over the clamping of lorries at Knutsford Services on the M6 continues, with further complaints reaching CM about the practice.
Last week, CM highlighted the story of driver Bob Painter, who parked at the service station to use the toilet facilities only to have his truck clamped and be fined £250 (The Clampdown', CM 6 November).
One driver contacted CM saying he had witnessed a truck being clamped at the services without the driver receiving any warning.
"If you are dying for the toilet, surely the services are built for that purpose? In this country, there are not a lot of service areas," he says. The driver, who wishes to remain anonymous, claims there was poor signage warning drivers that trucks were not welcome at the service station.
A spokesman for Moto, the group that runs the site, retorts: "Four years ago, with the full support of the Highways Agency, Knutsford Service Area was closed to all HGVs for parking, but could be used for fuel and emergencies and the one-mile and half-mile boards clearly indicate this."
He adds that the action was taken because of a lack of parking space for all vehicles at Knutsford, and the intention was to send trucks to the purpose-built Lymm truckstop, which is only five miles away and has capacity for 400 trucks. "HGV drivers continue to use the site and seem to think they are at liberty to park where they like when the few designated parking spaces are occupied."