Traffic warden gets a kicking in Birmingham

[Wobbegong]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6169859/M...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7264476/footage-thug...

Ouch

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[Wobbegong]

hairyben said:

found a traffic warden staning in traffic streetside trying to surreptitiously photograph a used voucher that was on the seat. Pointed him to the voucher displayed correctly pavement side. He said it was a mistake and he'd void it. Received double fine in post for non payment.

Was unloading van, bh stops and starts tapping on machine. Asked her six times what she was doing and if van was legally parked. She rips ticket out, slaps on window, and smarmily says to me "you didn't scratch the year off" ( the voucher had the year cleverly included in the month silver scratch off block, so it went 29,30,31,04,05,06, specifically designed to trip people up) That one...I was shaking with rage, I dunno if I've ever been so close to doing exactly what the video above depicts.

Justify those tickets. Or be quiet.

In fairness to HairyBen, the “civil enforcement officers” don’t do themselves any favours. Outside our factory there are double yellow lines so we have access to the main roller-shutter doors. They were painted at a time when enforcement was sensible, and it was obviously for factory access and loading/unloading of vehicles. Traffic warden has slapped tickets on our trucks several times while they’re loading we had contacted the council about changing it to a loading bay but they won’t help, probably because they’re on a nice little earner with all the other factory units nearby suffering the same crap.

One of our neighbours was ticketed a couple of years ago, so they took thecwarden’s moped and chucked in their van

I don’t condone the violence towards the warden in Alum Rock, but I can see why people lose their rag.