Clamping a car on a driveway

[andy-xr]

Neighbours car was clamped this morning, car was parked overnight on their driveway. From my curtain twitching vantage point I spotted a sign on their windscreen that said they'd been clamped for non payment of penalty charge notices.

Does anyone know the legalities of this? I'm asking as I received a parking notice this morning through the post, private parking company with access to DVLA

[andy-xr]

Pontoneer said:

That part strikes me as legally unsafe .

At one end of the scale the car might belong to another member of the household or a visitor who had done no wrong . A car parked outside might have no connection whatsoever with the household and could , in some urban areas , belong to someone who worked nearby or who lived in another street .

Any one of the above categories could justifiably feel aggrieved if they returned to find their car immobilised when they had done no wrong .

In the case of my parking ticket, the reg number was queried at DVLA and owners details provided. They then sent out a notice to me. On the neighbours car, the notice gave a reference number of their registration, so I'm guessing the same thing has happened, except in their case a clamper has been around after they've not paid something

The interesting thing on my ticket is that there is a distinction made between owner and driver. Though having just sold the car there'd be nothing to clamp on the drive other than an unrelated car, and I cant imagine anyone being that dumb