Traffic warden parks on DOUBLE YELLOW to give fine to broken down car
A TRAFFIC warden has been caught parking on a double yellow line before issuing a ticket to a broken down driver.
Traffic warden parks illegally then issues ticket to broken down car on double yellow lines
A motorist, sick and tired with wardens patrolling her street, photographed an officer ticketing a broken down car, after parking illegally himself.
Lauretta Wright, 40, spotted a traffic warden putting a ticket on an broken down car while the owner went with an AA van for equipment to repair the vehicle.
A motorist snapped a traffic warden parking on a double yellow line
The woman snapped a traffic warden parking illegally
Ms Wright from Orpington, south east London, said: "I'm a writer and I work from home most of the time so I was looking out of the window and I saw the AA van drive off.
"Within a matter of minutes, the traffic wardens came along and they parked and jumped out to give him a ticket - it looked like they were waiting for him."
Ms Wright is fed up with the unfair system
When kind-hearted Ms Wright informed the traffic warden that the car had simply broken down, she still left a parking ticket.
She added: "As I turned around I noticed the wardens had parked illegally too, on double yellow lines, so I grabbed my camera and took some pictures."
The owner of the broken down car had gone to try and fix it
Fed up with the traffic warden's double standards, Ms Wright took pictures of where they had parked.
Ms Wright said: "I just think it is so unfair - they are meant to be setting a good example. The poor guy, he couldn't help breaking down."
The warden then ticketed a car in the same place that they, themselves, had parked.
The Express Online has contacted Bromley Borough Council for a comment.