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T&G speaks out on overnight clamping
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A TRUCK DRIVERS' leader is urging government action to stop trucks being clamped while their drivers are asleep inside.
Jack Crossfield of the Transport & General Workers Union has written to Transport Secretary Alistair Darling about a driver who was clamped at Corley services on the M6 in April.
The driver, from Manchesterbased Bergen Transport, says nobody was available to accept payment when he arrived. He expected the fee to be collected later. Crossfield says the 770 mem be rs of the T&G's North-West branch are concerned that no attempt was made to wake the driver before he was lined £60 in the middle of the night and then clamped less than three hours later. He was forced to pay £250 to release his truck.
"While fully understanding that some HGV drivers abuse parking restrictions, it shouldn't give licence to a company that can go around clamping HGV vehicles without some form of warning being given to the driver," says Crossfield. He adds the practice is dangerous because a truck carrying hazardous goods might need to be moved quickly in an emergency.
Ian Langdon. operations director of CP Plus, which manages parking forWelcome Break at Corley, says information about parking and where to pay are clearly displayed: "If somebody knows they are going to be laid up for more than two hours, it's incumbent on them to pay the requisite fee. We don't have to be pro-active in ensuring that fees are paid."