Traffic Wardens

[Sandie]

I am so very annoyed with the mindless distribution of parking tickets. The object is to allow easy vehicle thoroughfare, yet when an over zealous attendant slaps the ticket on the windscreen it allows you a further two hours to commit the sin!! Is it true that parking attendants get a bonus for each ticket penalty that is paid? In Hackney I have heard that they are under instruction NOT to issue a ticket but to encourage illegally parked drivers to move on, this is surely the object of our desire. I used to work on Tower Bridge Road where the attendant would put his/her head inside the shop and enquire whether or not the car outside belonged to anyone, if so please move it. The response was rapid, it was moved rather than pay a fine, and the road was kept clear. We had better liason and respect was mutual. As usual Lewisham are milking us for every penny, not for the good of the traffic flow.