Cars clamped all over scotland in fines crackdown

Nine drivers in the Glasgow area settled outstanding fines totalling almost £2,000 after finding their vehicles CLAMPED.  A Porsche owner, who had failed to settle a £150 fiscal fine for

having no insurance, paid up after finding his Cayman sports car immobilised when a seizure order was issued by Dumbarton Justice of the Peace Court. In East Lothian, a man who dodged fines

totalling £910 for six offences, including assault and road traffic infringements dating back to 2014, settled the sum within hours when his Ford was clamped after an order was issued at

Edinburgh JP Court. Another driver who owed £320 for having an unlicensed vehicle paid up within 24 hours after his Citroen was immobilised.  In Aberdeen, five drivers owing sums ranging

from £100 to almost £800 found their vehicles immobilised. A Mercedes driver convicted of traffic offences and fined £150 paid up within hours of finding his luxury car clamped. Drivers face

having their vehicles taken into storage if they do not settle fines quickly and have to pay additional clamping costs and storage fees. Vehicles are ultimately scrapped or sold if  fines

remain unpaid. New technology has boosted the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) and the DVLA in their hunt to track down drivers with unpaid fines.  DISASTROUS MOTORIST DRIVES

AWAY WITH WHEEL CLAMP ON SCTS chief operations officer David Fraser said: “The fines enforcement teams continue to be highly effective in securing unpaid fines – ignoring your fine and not

speaking to an enforcement officer if you are having difficulty paying is very unwise. “Failure to pay or to engage with our officers will result in strong sanctions being taken, including

arrestment of wages, bank accounts, your car being clamped or inconvenience and embarrassment by being arrested when travelling abroad.” Clamping vehicles is one of a number of measures

available to the SCTS for recovering unpaid fines.  Other measures include freezing bank accounts, arresting wages, taking money directly from benefits and even arresting non-payers as they

travel through ports and airports.