"steve auvache" <
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> JackH wrote
> >
> >"Sir.Tony" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> "Lordy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> > > I think it will get a very good response.
> >> >
> >> > Quite possibly, there is a seriously large amount of idiots out
there.
> >> > > They are real low life and deserve verbal abuse from the public
> >> > Why, for catching criminals ?
> >> They are just out to claw as much money out of the motorist, as
possible.
> >> They are all get a percentage of the money from the tickets.
> >They don't, actually, at least not round here... parking attendants, that
> >is.
> A bloke I new a few years ago was a traffic warden. In Benfleet it was.
> The council had this sort of daft idea that if you gave out a ticket you
> had done your job wrong. They reckoned a big part of his job was not to
> leave the obstruction parked in the high street all day for a fee but to
> stop them stopping in first place or shift them on if discovered. A bit
> different in Camden I'll grant you but I thought the idea had merit.
Aye.
Only today, I paid one off that I'd strung out for as long as possible.
Bastards - you don't go to court as such any more; in my case, I was made to
sit in front of some old **** with letters after his name, as he
'adjudicated' the matter.
Anyway, one of my mates SO works for the local council in the capacity of
'Parking Attendant', and told me that they at least, are all on a wage which
doesn't attract any bonuses related to amount of tickets handed out or the
revenue raised etc.
They do benefit from being able to use their discretion if they know your
car though... ;-)
According to her, even her department is astounded sometimes at the end
result of an 'adjudication', as the stuffed shirts in question appear to
interpret the law and circumstances in any which way they see fit.
--
JackH
