Fast food clamp zone

A resident says he wasn’t aware of the goings-on at the fast food restaurant and was taken aback when he witnessed it himself.

Vehicles’ wheels are clamped with the use of a private tow truck company if they are parked there too long or if they are not customers of the business.

The owner of the car then has to pay the tow truck driver a fine of R500 to get their wheel unclamped.

Cambridge Mqolombeni, manager of the fast food restaurant, says the business reserves the right to clamp any car that misuses their parking.

“We have to look after our customers and people take advantage of the parking, using it to park their vehicles for other purposes,” says Mqolombeni.

He says they have had instances where people park their cars for about a week.

“This is also a strategy to help law enforcement with the crime as people are trading illegally by parking their cars with substances in and leaving it there for pick-up.”

Peter Moyanga, owner of the fast food restaurant, says any parked vehicle that is not a customer, is parked there illegally.

“It is private property and the parking is for customers only,” says Moyanga.

He says that the customers complain that they can’t find parking because it is used by people who are not customers.

“We are a social business that belongs to Springs, but cannot allow our parking lot to be misused.”

There are eight signs in the parking lot, albeit a little small, that warn motorists that it is a clamping zone.