Clamping and Clampers

I reckon we have a highly controversial subject here... Clamping and Clampers!

On the one hand there are those who will insist in parking in places which cause traffic problems to other road users... and these inconsiderate motorists should be stopped.

On the other hand we have those who consider clamping to be a licence to print big money!

Are there other, more satisfactory, ways to sort out this problem? Ways which could help those motorists who perhaps just need one urgent item from a shop, without having to drive round and round to find a space to park, and ways which could stop this frustration leading to traffic chaos.

An equitable and just set of solutions needs to be found which would get rid of the need for injudicious clampers and their one-size-fits-all clamping theory.