Traffic Wardens

Traffic Wardens - What's Life Like on The Beat?

*This Article is Currently Under Construction. All contributions welcome.*

Over the next few weeks and months I hope to be able to produce for you some insights into one of the most victimised minorities arround - the Traffic-Warden. Keep an eye on this page for some answers to questions you may never have thought to ask. Who are our traffic wardens? A few questions immediately spring to mind:

Why are so many traffic wardens black and most of those African? (Had you noticed that? Or are you unobservant?).

• Institutional racism?


• Because nobody else will do it?


• Why are other underprivileged minorities not working as traffic wardens?


• Where do they come from? Who are they?


• Does being black and a traffic warden put you in a double discrimination bracket? (Only beaten by the black, homosexual, single parent tax collector)

Did you ever notice how many traffic wardens are short?

• Is it because they come from countries where people are shorter? (But white Caucasian traffic wardens are also often short?)


• Is it because they wanted a uniform but were too short to get into the police or army?

How do you feel about traffic wardens?

• Does anybody like traffic wardens?


• Is that fair? Aren't they just doing their jobs?


• Did you ever think what it must be like to be a traffic warden?

Why do traffic wardens do the job they do?

• Looks like a tough job, (preliminary research confirms traffic wardens think it is a tough job) so why do they do it?


• Do they enjoy it?


• Do they feel they have no choice?


• Are most career wardens, or do people do the job for a while and then pack it in?


• What sort of people are they to do the job, are traffic wardens nice people?

Would you like me to go undercover as a traffic warden and find out what it is all really about?

• Maybe I'll do it for you, but I tell you what, none of yous had better do any drive past spitting! Cause if you do, it is going straight in my blog! : )