There are definitely underhand and sneaky tricks going on with traffic control warderns/councils and I do have some sympathy with individuals caught up in Kafkaesque bureaucracy But as stated the situation isn't going to get any better. Viewed objectively the real reason this attrition is going on is the increasing number of people owning vehicles - and I have yet to hear anybody explain how a city is going to accomodate ever more (and ever BIGGER at that) vehicles So let's say the council stopped doing what it was doing and started being fair - where do people think we would be in 10 years time say? The road you live in, for example, will have more flats, with more cars needing parking on the same road - that space doesn't magic itself up whether you agree with controlled parking zones or not