No rules for Kirklees parking warden?

May 28 2009 By Barry Gibson

Mr Mosley said: “I asked to see his resident’s parking permit. He said they didn’t need a permit because they were in a Kirklees vehicle.

“I told him: ‘By your logic you could park that vehicle anywhere you saw fit in Kirklees. You’re not displaying a permit and therefore in my eyes you, like the white van, are parking illegally. If I was parked here and was not displaying a permit you would issue me with a ticket. Surely you are not above the law.’”

Mr Mosley continued: “The man was becoming tired of my questioning and opened the glove box and said his permit was in there. Then he stepped out of the vehicle bringing with him the log book and operating manual.”

The other traffic warden then returned from ticketing the white van.

Mr Mosley said: “He told me that they had a permit in the boot of their car. But after a minute of searching the warden told me he didn’t have his permit with him.”

Mr Mosley added: “There was no need for the wardens to park in a permit holders only zone. The wardens, like the white van, could have parked perfectly legally on Daisy Lea Lane only fifty yards away.

“In the same way the white van driver had been lazy so too had the traffic wardens. Alas the white van driver will be made to pay for his idleness but will the traffic wardens? I doubt it.”

A Kirklees spokesman said: “All the council’s marked vehicles are exempt and allowed to park in the residential permit zones. They do not require a permit to park in these areas, especially when they are carrying out their work. They would need a valid permit if it is a private vehicle.”