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Hunt: Fight over clamping goes on
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• by Sally Nash HGV driver John Hunt has vowed to continue his fight to get a £155 wheel-clamping charge overturned despite failing to enlist the support of other drivers with similar experiences (CM29 May-6 Jun).
Hunt urged anyone who had been clamped in West Thurrock by Parking Control Management (PCM) to get in touch so that he could organise a single legal action on behalf of the entire group. But, to Hunt's disappointment, nobody has come forward. "I have not had a single phone call or message regarding my appeal for others clamped to contact me; but never mind," says Hunt. "I will go it alone if no one comes forward."
Hunt was clamped after parking on a service road outside
Tesco's store in West Thurrock in order to buy medicine for a cold. He is disputing the fairness of the charge because he feels there was inadequate signing and misleading information on the list of fee charges.
Meanwhile, Essex Police's Grays crime reduction desk has highlighted a significant increase in truck theft in Thurrock as a result of inadequate parking.
A plea to local companies in Thurrock to open up their premises to drivers to park overnight has so far been met with reluctance.