well i dont know about the rest of the UK but in edinburgh the wardnes are a privatly run affair awarded under tender/
anyway theres a whole hooha just now as it has transpired that even though its denied and against tender reg's that the wardens have been working to targets.
its coming out that they have been doctering ticket issue times,taking pictures at funny angles to make it look like cars are touching/over yellow lines,creating fake foreign no. plates,not allowing the council set grace period on issueing tickets amongst other things.
wardens are telling of the pressure to issue tickets and poor performance reviews,no overtime etc if they were below 'standards'
so anyone else had this in the local area?
edinburgh is a parking nightmare and the traffic wardens have been a bone of contention since it was put to tender
anyway theres a whole hooha just now as it has transpired that even though its denied and against tender reg's that the wardens have been working to targets.
its coming out that they have been doctering ticket issue times,taking pictures at funny angles to make it look like cars are touching/over yellow lines,creating fake foreign no. plates,not allowing the council set grace period on issueing tickets amongst other things.
wardens are telling of the pressure to issue tickets and poor performance reviews,no overtime etc if they were below 'standards'
so anyone else had this in the local area?
edinburgh is a parking nightmare and the traffic wardens have been a bone of contention since it was put to tender