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Latest news in Yorkshire: Published February 22, 2019 10:30:53 AM
Tough new rule will immobilise dangerous vehicles
Rotherham Council is proposing to bring in new rules to enable untaxed
vehicles or those with multiple unpaid penalty charge notices to be
clamped.
The Council already has the power to remove untaxed or abandoned
vehicles, or those with multiple unpaid penalty charges.
However, the time it takes to organise a removal contractor sometimes
results in the vehicle being driven away or, in the case where it has
been legally blocked in until removal can be arranged, the driver
manoeuvring dangerously in order to get their vehicle out.
Clamping would prevent the vehicle being driven away whilst the Council
is waiting for it to be removed and taken to a compound.
A recommendation to introduce clamping in these circumstances is was
held in a Cabinet meeting on Monday 17 December.
Rotherham Council’s Cabinet Member for Jobs and the Local Economy
Councillor Denise Lelliott said: “This proposal will ensure that our
parking service officers and contractors are better equipped to take
action against anyone who does not pay tax on their vehicle or
persistently avoids paying fines, as well as ensure that they will have
a safer working environment by preventing dangerous actions attempted by
some drivers to drive the vehicle away before it is removed.”
Case study 1:
In September 2018, a persistent evader’s vehicle was identified on
Carlisle Street, Rotherham. Attempts were made to block the vehicle in
until the removal truck arrived but, due to the location where the
vehicle was parked, this could not be fully achieved. This resulted in
the vehicle being driven away over the footway and striking one of the
Council’s Civil Enforcement Officers as it was driven past her.
Case study 2:
In October 2017, a persistent evader’s car was identified on St Ann’s
Road, Rotherham. The contractor was in the process of fixing the lifting
apparatus to the vehicle when the keeper came from a nearby house and
drove the car over the footway, narrowly missing employees of the
Council and the contractor.
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