Lawyer needed to combat wardens

We were assured by the minister that the work of wardens is to educate the public regarding traffic, vehicle management, etc. but as can be seen from umpteen letters, like the recent one by Tonio Bugeja of Sta Venera, the opposite is true.

All they are there for is to make money by hook or by crook.

Recently a woman driver was stopped for having a blown brake bulb. Instead of warning her and telling her that she should replace the bulb and report back to prove it, the warden booked her there and then.

The aggrieved driver, recounting her experience to the electrician renewing her bulb, was told that any bulb anywhere in the car could blow at any time, even the new bulb he was installing.

So, rightfully, she decided to contest the citation. The chairman of the tribunal started shouting at her. The scribbler of the proceedings dutifully joined in. How dare she contest a decision by an almighty warden re a blown bulb?

They should all know what any student in elementary electrics knows: that any bulb could blow two seconds after a driver has checked all his lamps in his car.

Exhaust emissions and lack of silencers seem to be condoned, but not a blown bulb!

I propose that a lawyer should take the opportunity to defend innocent drivers of trumped-up citations. I would much rather pay a lawyer to appear for me than to satisfy the inefficient warden system.

I am sure that many motorists would be only too happy to appoint a lawyer, going by the amount of complaint letters in the press.