This morning, when I parked my car at the KL Sentral aeroport departure's kerb side for three minutes to drop off someone to take the ERL aerotrain to KLIA, I was confronted by a worker who insisted on clamping my car despite the fact that I was about to move off.
I had to seek the intervention of a supervisor who insisted that ERL was entitled to clamp cars which stopped at the kerbside. According to him, cars will only be released upon payment of a RM50 fine. In my case, fortunately, the supervisor had the sense to use his discretion to release my car, but not without argument. They even had the temerity to issue me a 'summons'.
This action raises various issues:
- Is ERL authorised by law to take such action? Is the driveway in front of KL Sentral private property under ERL's jurisdiction? Is ERL the proprietor of the driveway?
To the best of my knowledge, even the police, DBKL and MBPJ do not resort to such action unless a vehicle is causing obstruction. I noticed that even city police usually allow a grace period of 5-10 minutes before cars are summoned for parking offences.
