Parking enforcement officals

[Gimme]

Are you mad? Of course they are all numpties. Why in gods name would anyone become a traffic warden unless they were totally unable to do anything else? They must by definition be numpties (although they could be masochists I suppose...).

You could almost feel sorry for them having to do this sordid little job but they are trained to make things as unpleasant as possible for their victims as they possibly can so you can't but hate them.

There's a statistic that 80% of serial killers worked as traffic wardens at some point before they were finally caught.

Huguenot Wrote:

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> I'm also guessing that it's impossible to

> characterise all wardens as numpties.

[OutOfFocus]

Putting aside the "numptiness" of the parking employees for a moment, it does seem that blocking a bus lane to prevent people from driving in a bus lane is a illogical activity. Medicine worse than the disease etc.

James Barber - could you raise this matter with the appropriate authorities.

[ianr]

In Jul-Dec 2009 there were only 2 appeals against Southwark bus lane infringement decisions, as compared with 742 for London overall. I'm wondering whether this indicates that Southwark made few such decisions, or whether they were seen as indisputable. I suspect it's the former, and wonder what the figures will be for this half-year. Is this camera car a fairly new arrival?

[Moos]

OutOfFocus, James might not read this thread - best to post on his thread?

[ruffers]

I've been done for a bus lane once - I did it, fair cop, and there was a very clear photo to prove it. I didn't bother appealing.

[Gimme]

Interesting reply from Southwark Council re the OP's photograph of their driver parking in a ridiculous spot:

"This matter has been taken seriously. The driver involved has been

investigated and the matter is moving forward to disciplinary action in

addition he has been suspended from driving duties until that is

concluded.

Regards

David Sole

Parking services and development manager

Southwark Council

Environment and Housing

Public Realm - Parking

PO Box 64529

London

SE1P 5LX

"

Keep the photos coming. They will surely get the message sooner or later if Southwark treat every outrageous breach of road safety with the same rigour as this.

[northlondoner]

I wonder what the position would be if we passed offending photos of dangerous parking to the police? Any lawyers out there?

[Huguenot]

I think you'd need it to be non-digital.

[Comus]

Is this another example of Parking Enforcement not playing by the rules? At Nunhead Cemetery Open Day today the enforcement guy was handing out tickets left right and centre on Linden Grove while he is clearly parked adjacent to a dropped kerb ? as these photos show. Not quite as dramatic as parked on a double yellow line, but he would have no doubt issued a ticket to any car parked like he was. (The incident is not specifically East Dulwich, but relevant to the thread, I believe.)

[RosieH]

Numpties??? Why would anyone want this job? I don't know, maybe to put a roof over their heads, food on their table and clothes on their backs? Snobbery of the worst kind.

You don't want a parking ticket, don't park where you're not supposed to. Don't blame it on the guys enforcing the rules that you've broken, and oh my god don't start looking down your nose at them.

So some of them aren't doing their job perfectly. Are you all?

[Horsebox]

RosieH Wrote:

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> Numpties??? Why would anyone want this job? I

> don't know, maybe to put a roof over their heads,

> food on their table and clothes on their backs?

> Snobbery of the worst kind.

>

> You don't want a parking ticket, don't park where

> you're not supposed to. Don't blame it on the guys

> enforcing the rules that you've broken, and oh my

> god don't start looking down your nose at them.

>

> So some of them aren't doing their job perfectly.

> Are you all?

Steady on now, RosieH. You seem to be talking sense. I don't think that's the best thing to do when it comes to parking tickets.

Boo hoo etc etc.

SMH

[northlondoner]

Don't park where you're not "meant" to? How charmingly naive. Or is that sanctimonious? In case you hadn't noticed the 'rules' as they are enforced around London are often entirely arbitrary and in some cases deliberately vague and confusing. And this image of the enforcement officer as the valiant downtrodden dispenser of parking justice is a bit rich-especially when so many tickets are thrown out on appeal. It's not surprising that folks get irate when the traffic wardens breach the laws they are suposedly there to enforce. Ok, so it's not right to look down one's nose at them, but they clearly need reining in.

[Huguenot]

"deliberately vague and confusing"

As Yoda says, you feller one crazy paranoid is.

[northlondoner]

Huguenot Wrote:

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> "deliberately vague and confusing"

>

> As Yoda says, you feller one crazy paranoid is.

Just cos you're paranoid.......

[northlondoner]

Huguenot Wrote:

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> "deliberately vague and confusing"

>

> As Yoda says, you feller one crazy paranoid is.

Just cos paranoid you is.....

[Loz]

Interesting reply from Southwark Council re the OP's photograph of their driver parking in a ridiculous spot:

"This matter has been taken seriously. The driver involved has been

investigated and the matter is moving forward to disciplinary action in

addition he has been suspended from driving duties until that is

concluded.

Regards

David Sole

So the message from David Sole is, "don't give up on us, baby". :))

[lala24]

just had *incident* with parking official on scooter issuing ticket to a delivery van outside our house on Goodrich Road. We were obviously loading a piece of furniture into the van which couldn't park next to the kerb because of all the rubbish piled outside the house next door which is being renovated...van was parked in the middle of the road for approx 3 mins whilst we loaded a chest of drawers in. Scooter man pulls up, jumps off, pulls out his camera, makes a note and whizzes off!

[DJKillaQueen]

I'd definitely appeal that one....and complain about the complete lack of common sense of the issuing warden. What does the ticket say the actual offence is?

[ruffers]

Appeal what? Was a ticket definitely issued? "Writing a note" isn't issuing a ticket, there's no mention of it being given or attached to a vehicle.

If I misunderstood anything then fair enough.

[blackadder]

Parking warden has almost certainly issued a PCN and then discarded it.

I presume he has got his camera out to take photos to cover himself.

Hopefully the delivery company has proof of delivery/collection invoice

to cover themselves when the inevitable Notice to Owner arrives.

[Nicholas]

I agree, he's about a metre from the kerb, on a double yellow line, on a bend.And did anyone else notice the huge dent in the left front bumper. Maybe someone didn't like getting a ticket and took it out on the car? Or maybe this is why he parks so far away from the kerb, because he keeps hitting things?

Nicholas Driving Academy SE22