On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:28:56 -0000, "ABC" wrote:

Until all councils remove the bonus incentive of issuing tickets, then there
will always be wardens trying it on.

Indeed. I'd also say that, if a council wishes to outsource its
parking enforcement, it should be permitted by fixed payment only,
with the council retaining revenue risk.

Other than profit, I do wonder why the councils don't realise that the
optimum number of parking tickets issued in a given period is zero,
because if your wardens are patrolling properly it means no-one has
parked illegally! If you just want to ensure that the wardens are
patrolling, there are many other ways of doing that than targets.

Neil