2006-10-15 05:00:49 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
It's fashionable and cool to hate them both. But they're only doing the job that we want them to do. Stop idiots maiming people on our roads, by enforcing the traffic laws; and stopping our streets being clogged by morons parking wherever they feel like it.
Yes, I've had parking tickets - in every case I could have avoided them by following the rules.
2006-10-15 05:05:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
As someone who actually did serve for 12 years in Greater Manchester Police as a Traffic Warden I can, with a degree of certainty, say that it varies from person to person.
It is a popular misconception that Traffic Wardens earn a commission. Though, in recent years, the Police Service as a whole has moved towards more of a PLC than a law-upholding service, by the introduction of performance indicators across the board - making it better for an officer to arrest one type of offender than another for their monthly stat-sheets - all members of staff receive a salary. The only extra pay you get is for overtime. Traffic Wardens do a lot more than issue tickets, eg. RTC's, traffic control at football matches, vehicle crime intiatives to name but a few. The problem with the Traffic Warden service is that the only Performance Indicator, at least at the time of my departure, was the number of tickets issued.
The other mistake people often make is banding Traffic Wardens and parking attendants as the same. Parking attendants are employed solely as revenue creators by local councils and, as such, do not have any powers under the 1988 Road Traffic Act for things like stopping vehicles, etc.
Hope that clears things up.
2006-10-15 05:24:28 · answer #2 · answered by cheaper_bills 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well.........if i had to choose one it would be the traffic police
traffic wardens are evil but i guess if people didnt park in the wrong place then they wouldnt get a ticket. the most annoying thing about traffic wardens is when they give u a ticket when u have paid for ur parking but u have just run out of time!!!! so annoying!!!!!!!!!!!
Traffic police are more looking out for ur safety and not just out to make money. they earn a wage whereas traffic wardens earn commision so the more people they give tickets to the more money they make. whereas traffic cops will only give tickets to those who have actually broken the law. sometimes they let u off with just a warning!
both equally horrible jobs but traffic cops have a lot less to gain by writing tickets!
2006-10-15 05:07:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not a matter of love, they are, if sincere, only doing a very necessary job. There would be certain chaos without either of them doing their duty fairly.
Have any of us NOT been annoyed by bad inconsiderate parking by fellow road users - often in busy high streets only just to use an ATM. I have had speeding tickets and felt peeved about it,but it was not the Traffic Police who made me break the speed limit. Unfortunately, most of the time we all feel like blaming someone else when we do something wrong. It is human nature.
2006-10-17 12:52:08 · answer #4 · answered by Whistler R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
traffic cops for sure. Here is a piece posted on the internet from University of California Riverside
Best Traffic Cop
(February 2001)
At about 8 a.m. on Thursday, January 4, traffic was snarled at West Campus Drive and Canyon Crest Drive. Construction work, to widen the 60 Freeway, had closed in incoming traffic lane. Cars were backed up to Martin Luther King Boulevard. It was the first day of school for the winter quarter. Anna Johnson stepped out into the street, armed only with her whistle. Immediately she began a peculiar dance – arms flailing, body swaying, whistle blowing. Traffic started moving. On the sidewalk, waiting to cross the street, a knot of a dozen students watched her performance in awe. Then, she stopped all traffic to allow them to cross. Before they did, they gave her a spontaneous round of applause. “That was the first time that ever happened,” she said later.
2006-10-15 05:45:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
traffic police help clear traffic but wardens just make you pay for things which dont even matter so im gonna have to say i like traffic police more than traffic wardens
2006-10-15 05:03:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is really hard to decide on which of these lovely menials of the law are more special. The traffic wardens tend to be woman more ofter and they take abuse and swearing better than the police do.
2006-10-15 05:05:54 · answer #7 · answered by Kenneth H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
love might be too strong a word ! but the traffic cops do deal with a lot of problems whereas traffic wardens are the leeches of local governments waiting to inflict their jobsworth attitudes onto the public
2006-10-15 05:03:47 · answer #8 · answered by elite 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello, I think the traffic police have alot more skill in the fact that they can go any speed and not even get scared they might kill someone. I was just thinking the other day, what if they did kill someone as they were about to arrest someone else what do they do then? sorry im meant to be answering your questions not making more . Hope I helped you with your question. Hayley-May
2006-10-15 05:44:51 · answer #9 · answered by Hayley-May 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean traffic police officer, then you need to apply to your desired agency. Then go through the hiring process, and transfer to traffic when eligible. Could you be more clear? Traffic officer or meter-maid type? And where are you?
2016-05-22 04:03:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋