The 10-minute 支配する that could save you from a parking 罰金
There is a surprising no-nonsense charm to 33-year-old Stacey. Born and bred in Canning Town, East London, she patrols the streets of Stratford, just two miles north of where she grew up.
We 会合，会う in a ‘負担 bay only’, where Stacey has parked her grey Skoda. The signage 明言する／公表するs ‘30 minutes 最大限’. She smiles: ‘It’s 免除された.’
Parking where others are forbidden is an ironic perk of a 職業.
Stacey is what most of us 言及する to as a traffic warden. And I’ve joined her for a day to understand the 職業 ― and to 打ち明ける the secrets to 避けるing 罰金s.
Traffic wardens have a 評判 for 存在 professional day-ruiners, endlessly patrolling the streets in search of a 乗り物 on which they can 非難する a 汚い parking ticket.?
On patrol: Our writer Toby Walne (pictured) joined a traffic warden on the streets of Stratford for a day
Last year, 運転者s were 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d a 記録，記録的な／記録する £962 million in parking 罰金s by 会議s alone, and this y ear it is 推定する／予想するd to 最高の，を越す £1 billion.
There is no 否定するing the 怒り／怒る that can 爆発する when a driver finds that yellow notice 罠にかける under the wipers.?
Stacey 収容する／認めるs that she and her 同僚s have experienced 言葉の 強襲，強姦, spitting and 存在 chased 負かす／撃墜する the street by someone （権力などを）行使するing a screwdriver as a 武器 while carrying out the 職業. 支援する at 長，率いる office, letters have been received with かみそり blades 大（公）使館員d inside.
So why on earth do it? ‘Not the money,’ says Stacey. ‘The idea we get （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 every time we 問題／発行する a 罰金 is a myth.’?
She earns いっそう少なく than £12 an hour for an eight-hour, 6am to 2pm 転換. During this time, she might 手渡す out 刑罰，罰則s to two dozen 運転者s.
She says excuses rarely 削減（する） the 情熱 if you manage to speak to a warden about to 問題／発行する a 罰金. But if you are 軍隊d to stop some where with parking 制限s 予定 to a 医療の 緊急, you should be 安全な from 罰金s, she says.?
It is a good idea to leave a 公式文書，認める on the windscreen to explain the 状況／情勢 ― though this 申し込む／申し出s no 保証（人） that you will not still be slapped with a ticket. If you get a 罰金, then 控訴，上告, ideally with proof of the 医療の 緊急.
Stacey also 収容する／認めるs people who have been caught in an embarrassing 状況／情勢 in the car have 避けるd getting a ticket 同様に.?
This 含むs amorous couples or those sleeping rough after 存在 kicked out of their home. In these 事例／患者s, Stacey tends to move quickly on to the next 乗り物.
Rather than hide behind bushes to pounce on 予期しない 運転者s, Stacey covers the 同等（の） of 12 miles (25,000 steps) on each patrol.?
‘I love the sense of freedom this 職業 brings; walking and 会合 different people, 存在 part of the community,’ she says.?
‘Yes, I 問題／発行する tickets, but my 仕事 is also to help 運転者s. It is not fair for those that do 支払う／賃金 for their parking, or who have a disability and need a particular space to find their bay is stolen.’
罰金s: Last year, 運転者s were 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d a 記録，記録的な／記録する £962m in parking 罰金s by 会議s alone, and this year it is 推定する／予想するd to 最高の，を越す £1bn
I ask Stacey to update me on the 最新の 支配するs 可決する・採択するd by traffic wardens. Firstly, the 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 ‘traffic warden’ was 廃止するd a １０年間 ago ― Stacey is a parking 施行 officer.?
She is 雇うd by a 私的な 会社／堅い to patrol 個人として controlled streets and car parks. This is different from those 雇うd by 会議s, who are called civil 施行 officers.
Stacey is part of a new 産む／飼育する of enforcer who no longer carries a notepad and a bundle of yellow tickets, but is 武装した only with a smartphone that can tell if you have 購入（する）d a ticket.?
These days, many bays can be used only if you have 調印するd up to 支払う／賃金 経由で an app, such as JustPark, RingGo, or, like on Stacey’s patch, Sippi. If you do not have 接近 to a smartphone or the app, then it is often just too bad ― 運動 on.
Stacey’s dress code is a 黒人／ボイコット fleece with a yellow ID armband. The look seems intentional as it 許すs her to blend in without 存在 easily spotted.?
She carries a 動きやすい phone with a camera that enables her to catch 違反者／犯罪者s and 問題／発行する a 罰金 without having to 非難する a ticket on a windscreen.?
Stacey says: ‘We want to 避ける 衝突 状況／情勢s that are more likely when people see you putting a ticket on a car.’
The 過程 takes 30 seconds. First, she taps the car 登録 number into her smartphone, then a computer system linked to the app 即時に tells her if the 乗り物 owner has paid for parking has logged on to the app 要求するd for that parking bay and purch ased a ticket.
However, the database does not tell Stacey where a bay 許す is about to 満了する／死ぬ (for now!), so she 続けざまに猛撃するs the streets 無作為に （電話線からの）盗聴 in car 詳細（に述べる）s to find out if a 運転者 has paid.?
Menace: Traffic wardens have a 評判 for 存在 professional day-ruiners, endlessly patrolling the streets in search of a 乗り物 on which they can 非難する a 汚い parking ticket
If they have not, Stacey takes a photograph of the licence plate, along with the 前線 and 味方するs of the car to show there is no parking 許す or 領収書 on the dashboard. She also takes a photo of parking 制限s signage.
From the point that Stacey has taken that first picture, drivers have ten minutes to escape a 罰金 by 運動ing off or 支払う／賃金ing for parking.?
This grace period 需要・要求するs that Stacey must 持つ／拘留する 支援する 問題／発行するing a ticket until the time period has elapsed ― giving the driver le eway to get a ticket or 運動 away.?
If you are an hour late or parked on a 二塁打 line, do not 推定する／予想する such lenience. Some 私的な 操作者s start the ten-minute grace period the moment the officer has first come across the parking offence.
So rather than 問題／発行する a ticket すぐに, Stacey strolls off before returning to catch her prey. She is に引き続いて a new Code of Practice 可決する・採択するd by members of the International Parking Community, the British Parking 協会, and by 会議s.
A 黒人／ボイコット 範囲-Rover Sport with a personalised number plate is parked in a 無能にするd bay without the 要求するd 許す. Stacey does the 初期の checks.?
Returning 正確に ten minutes later, she 問題／発行するs a £100 罰金. In five days the driver will receive a letter. Flash cars such as this stand out as 平易な 的s for enforcers.
But if you return to your car to find a traffic warden has 問題／発行するd a ticket but not yet 現在のd it, 嘆願d your 事例／患者 politely, as it is at the discretion of the 操作者 as to whether they continue or not.?
If you still get a ticket, then you should 含む any mitigating circumstances in an 控訴，上告, and 含む the 指名する of the warden.
Three 建設業者s are leaning against a 塀で囲む, watching as we look at the 前線 of their 先頭 ― its bumper is jutting out beyond the 場内取引員／株価s of the parking bay.
But Stacey says: ‘It is not 原因（となる）ing any obstruction so it’s 罰金. As long as the 前線 辛勝する／優位 of the tyre is on or inside the bay, there’s no 推論する／理由 to 問題／発行する a ticket.?
'You also have to 受託する the size of the bay is not 抱擁する and the 乗り物 is parked 同様に as it can be.’
