I would like to draw readers attention to an issue at Stansted airport, where motorists are being ripped off for briefly leaving their cars in the drop-off areas to help elderly or incapacitated people to the terminal building entrance. Signs clearly indicate that a 15 minute maximum stay is allowed. As soon as the driver walks away from the vehicle a tow truck appears and swiftly lifts the front wheels off the ground, thus incapacitating the vehicle. The tow truck operators then inform them that £180 is payable to release the vehicle which has not moved from the spot it was parked in. The company employed by the airport to carry out this function is registered as a scrap metal dealers. Many other people have also been caught out by this at Stansted and Luton airports.