Español Français Deutsch Italiano Nederlands Svenska Dansk Japanese Chinese (Simplified) Russian
 
AVForums.com twitter AVForums is a member of CEDIA. THX certified reviewer.  Click for more information. AVForums reviewers are ISF Certified.  Click for more information.
 
The UK's biggest and best home entertainment electronics forums  
4 million visitors each month


Forums Register Blogs Information Social Groups Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Go Back   AVForums.com > Lifestyle Topics > General Chat

Latest AVForums Movie Reviews
Gray Lady Down - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD ReviewUp Blu-ray ReviewLéon Blu-ray ReviewNear Dark Blu-ray ReviewLogan's Run Blu-ray Review
Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, The Blu-ray ReviewStar Trek Blu-ray ReviewUFC 100: Lesnar vs. Mir (2009) Blu-ray ReviewThe New York Ripper Blu-ray ReviewHeat Blu-ray Review


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-10-2007, 8:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
Prominent Member
 
la gran siete's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Deep in the bowels of sussex where the angloargies live
Posts: 3,237
Thanks: Gave 896, Got 467
Blog Entries: 1
New traffic wardens

Do you have them in your town. They work NCP and wear bright blue jumpers. They are very very eager to slap tickets because they are on commision. Whose bright idea( not) was this?They are already slapping tickets on legally parked cars, no one is spared.You dont even get 5 mins to drop someone off. I can see fist fights starting soonIn their first week in Worthing NCP have made 24 k profit.

Last edited by la gran siete; 02-10-2007 at 10:13 PM.
la gran siete is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-10-2007, 8:47 PM   #2 (permalink)
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: France
Posts: 805
Thanks: Gave 299, Got 289
Re: New traffic wardens

You've got to employ all those illegal immigrants somehow
johntheexpat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-10-2007, 8:49 PM   #3 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: wiltshire
Posts: 1,668
Thanks: Gave 48, Got 41
Re: New traffic wardens

Quote:
Originally Posted by johntheexpat View Post
You've got to employ all those illegal immigrants somehow
__________________
My System so far: Pioneer VSX - 2011, Monitor Audio RS1's,Radius 90's, , 40" Samsung M86, Xbox 360 Elite, HTPC -C2D, 2 GIG Ram, 8500gt,
cantona.no7 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-10-2007, 8:50 PM   #4 (permalink)
Prominent Member
 
la gran siete's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Deep in the bowels of sussex where the angloargies live
Posts: 3,237
Thanks: Gave 896, Got 467
Blog Entries: 1
Re: New traffic wardens

Quote:
Originally Posted by johntheexpat View Post
You've got to employ all those illegal immigrants somehow
i shall have to be even more careful than already am about where i park.
la gran siete is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-10-2007, 9:22 PM   #5 (permalink)
Member
 
Phil57's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Evesham
Posts: 291
Thanks: Gave 88, Got 114
Re: New traffic wardens

Quote:
Originally Posted by la gran siete View Post
do oyu have them in oyur town. They work NCP nad wear bright blue jumpers. They are very very eager to slap tickets because they are on commision. Whose bright idea( not) was this?They are already slapping tickets on legally parked cars, no one is spared.You dont even get 5 mins to drop someone off. I can see fist fights starting soonIn their first week in Worthing NCP have made 24 k profit.
I tried reading this aloud with a Welsh accent....it didn't work!............
Phil57 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-10-2007, 10:08 PM   #6 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
avinitski's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,811
Thanks: Gave 73, Got 161
Re: New traffic wardens

Can you imagine the chaos if you could park anywhere you wanted, they have a job to do and do it they shall.
avinitski is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-10-2007, 10:19 PM   #7 (permalink)
Prominent Member
 
la gran siete's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Deep in the bowels of sussex where the angloargies live
Posts: 3,237
Thanks: Gave 896, Got 467
Blog Entries: 1
Re: New traffic wardens

Quote:
Originally Posted by avinitski View Post
Can you imagine the chaos if you could park anywhere you wanted, they have a job to do and do it they shall.
The previous lot did a perfectly reasonable job invariably using their discretion and as long as someone didnt take the **** they would allow a certain amount of leeway ie 5 mins to drop someone off or quickly buy something at a shop etc. Not this lot . In one week they have already managed to **** off a considerable number of people. I can see trouble brewing unless they start practicing some common sense.
la gran siete is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-10-2007, 11:02 PM   #8 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
avinitski's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,811
Thanks: Gave 73, Got 161
Re: New traffic wardens

fight! fight! fight! fight!
avinitski is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-10-2007, 11:13 PM   #9 (permalink)
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 59
Thanks: Gave 43, Got 71
Re: New traffic wardens

Quote:
Originally Posted by avinitski View Post
fight! fight! fight! fight!
You have to sneak up behind them as some have been issued with personal web-cams.
dBrowne is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-10-2007, 11:58 PM   #10 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 2,232
Thanks: Gave 53, Got 199
Re: New traffic wardens

The party line from NCP is that they do not incent wardens on number of tickets (after a TV prog exposed shenanegens). the reality is that they do incent on tickets. Often in their 'eagerness' wardens issue invalid tickets. Sometimes they cheat (many proven cases). Sometimes the Council is so keen to get the cash that their TROs are not in place and signs and road markings are non compliant - and therefor unenforceable. Sometimes what is printed on the ticket makes it unenforceable.
Councils have a poor record of doing this job as it must be done. Several newspaper articles recently about multi-million pound refunds being needed.
I have no idea if Worthing is up to snuff but it sounds like several regulars here will know soon - either from a 'nab' or from friends.

As they have become 'exacting' with the people of Worthing then very soon the people of Worthing should become equally exacting and find out exactly how valid this flurrry of tickets is. I suppose it will be a few weeks until the first batch of NTOs arrive, until then the grumbling will be from those that pay early and do look into it.

Okay. Sometimes a driver will be late back to their vehicle and get a valid ticket - it happens.

But a recent purge like this warrants some considered replies from the victims does it not ?

wardens are supposed to 'help keep traffic moving' are they not ?

Last edited by Steve.J.Davies; 03-10-2007 at 12:01 AM.
Steve.J.Davies is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-10-2007, 6:13 AM   #11 (permalink)
Prominent Member
 
la gran siete's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Deep in the bowels of sussex where the angloargies live
Posts: 3,237
Thanks: Gave 896, Got 467
Blog Entries: 1
Re: New traffic wardens

Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve.J.Davies View Post
The party line from NCP is that they do not incent wardens on number of tickets (after a TV prog exposed shenanegens). the reality is that they do incent on tickets. Often in their 'eagerness' wardens issue invalid tickets. Sometimes they cheat (many proven cases). Sometimes the Council is so keen to get the cash that their TROs are not in place and signs and road markings are non compliant - and therefor unenforceable. Sometimes what is printed on the ticket makes it unenforceable.
Councils have a poor record of doing this job as it must be done. Several newspaper articles recently about multi-million pound refunds being needed.
I have no idea if Worthing is up to snuff but it sounds like several regulars here will know soon - either from a 'nab' or from friends.

As they have become 'exacting' with the people of Worthing then very soon the people of Worthing should become equally exacting and find out exactly how valid this flurrry of tickets is. I suppose it will be a few weeks until the first batch of NTOs arrive, until then the grumbling will be from those that pay early and do look into it.

Okay. Sometimes a driver will be late back to their vehicle and get a valid ticket - it happens.

But a recent purge like this warrants some considered replies from the victims does it not ?

wardens are supposed to 'help keep traffic moving' are they not ?
One chap ,told me stopped outside his house to drop his child off( single yellow line), he was literally htre 5 mins and got a ticket. They put the wrong time on it as well
la gran siete is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-10-2007, 9:02 AM   #12 (permalink)
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: North Lanarkshire
Posts: 441
Thanks: Gave 113, Got 31
Re: New traffic wardens

We have them in these parts although they wear bright red uniforms, blue might have been contentious in certain parts of Belfast I suppose.

They mainly ply their trade in pairs, usually one fat elderly male accompanied by a thin gaunt female sporting a beard or mustache, or both.

We call then redskins and their usual haunts are St Georges Markets in Belfast City Centre where they can clock up a tidy sum from the traders unloading goods and their customers in less than half an hour without breaking sweat

In fact NCP are so heavy handed with no leeway given, they are jepordizing the very existence of the markets and a ten million pound turnover in revenue it provides.

It's only a matter of time before a few of them are tarred and feathered, or perhaps scalped....assuming they have hair
__________________
When government doesn't agree with the people,
it's time to change the people
William123 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-10-2007, 9:11 AM   #13 (permalink)
Prominent Member
 
la gran siete's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Deep in the bowels of sussex where the angloargies live
Posts: 3,237
Thanks: Gave 896, Got 467
Blog Entries: 1
Re: New traffic wardens

I learn today that NCP run a virtual monopoly as they own the vast majoirty of car parking areas. Their profit margins run at about 700%.Thye are rapacious beyond belief. They hire monkeys who are paid little but these wardens are on commision as well. Whoever decided NCP should provide these wardens wants barbed wire run across his backside. Bad bad decission
la gran siete is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-10-2007, 9:16 AM   #14 (permalink)
Prominent Member
 
la gran siete's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Deep in the bowels of sussex where the angloargies live
Posts: 3,237
Thanks: Gave 896, Got 467
Blog Entries: 1
Re: New traffic wardens

NCP has been criticised in the past for bonus-related schemes. Two years ago it promised a Vauxhall Corsa worth £12,000 to the warden who imposed the most fines in Westminster, London. Other prizes in the “Champions League” scheme included a £1,500 holiday and a wide-screen television worth £800.

More a case of inducements rather than commision

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...icle379433.ece

http://www.theargus.co.uk/mostpopula..._in_a_week.php

Last edited by la gran siete; 03-10-2007 at 9:19 AM.
la gran siete is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-10-2007, 9:26 AM   #15 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
Mr_Wistles's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Essex
Posts: 2,798
Thanks: Gave 73, Got 384
Re: New traffic wardens

My friend got a parking ticket, went to pick his girlfriend up, came back, parked his car in EXACTLY the same place and got a second ticket 20 minutes later.

Quality, I was laughing for a month.
Mr_Wistles is offline   Reply With Quote



Bookmarks

Tags
traffic, wardens
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


All times are GMT. The time now is 9:54 AM.

AV Forums
Optimised for Firefox.
RSS Feed
AVForums.com is owned and operated by M2N Limited.
Copyright © 2000-2009 M2N E. & O. E.
Global Gold
Web Hosting