Itʼs madness. I donʼt dispute the
need to patrol parking in the town centre but the traffic wardens
in Solihull are going too far. On Warwick Road, up past the car
park to Brueton Park, the road is yellow lined (single yellow) a
throw-back, I suspect to the days when the Warwick Road went all
the way to Warwick as opposed to the somewhat grand cul-de-sac
that it has now become.
The yellow lines prohibit parking from 9am - 11am and from 2 pm -
3pm which tells you all you need to know about how stupid this
is. Anyway, Easter holidays, schools are off and the car park for
the park is full.
So people do what they do every weekend and park on the road.
10.30am and out come the wardens - in force. Scurrying as quickly
as they can they ticket a plethora of vehicles. All these
unsuspecting mums giving their kids fresh air come back to their
cars for a shock. And for what, There are no victims here. The
road is massively wide. Thereʼs no traffic -
itʼs a cul-de-sac.
The residents donʼt mind - their houses are set
well back from the road anyway. Thereʼs only one
purpose to this ridiculous exercise - money raising for the
council. Never has the law been more of an ass - or the upholders
of the law made to look so crass.