Wardens' loyalties

Much has been written against the local wardens but surely some good has come out of their contribution in desperately trying to create some order in the chaotic traffic situation on our roads.

What amazes me is the lack of criticism for the police traffic section, which still has the duty to maintain order on the roads. Why are only the wardens targeted?

Take the matter of ticket quotas. Do the local councils, contracting the services of the wardens, insist on minimum ticket quotas? Are "unproductive" wardens transferred from the district on the council's demand?

Is it a coincidence that a major council only has female wardens? Do some councillors interfere in the wardens' duties by instructing them not to book the commercial community for contraventions when, like other mortals, delivery trucks do not find adequate parking facilities? Does the law allow for such preferences or direct interference?

Before criticising the wardens, will someone answer the above questions, because the wardens' oath of loyalty is to the law and not to serve as puppets to any local council in desperate need of income from the fines without losing out on votes.

As a law abiding driver, I have no problem if a warden, or a traffic policeman for that matter, seeks shelter under some tree while carrying out his or her duty in full uniform, including cap or crash helmet, in this sweltering heat.

I am sure that more speed cameras will drastically reduce the nagging wives' need to remind their partners to slow down.

In other countries, CCTVs are also used to control crowd behaviour and littering offences besides parking offences.

Being watched could be a privilege after all.