Beating the “Parking Warden” with SMS in Scotland
This article Early-warning service helps motorists beat the Enforcers again shows amazing efforts some people will undertake to “protect” their “rights” to free parking. In the Warden Watch system, recently launched in the UK, various kind souls will see a parking warden (enforcement officer), then SMS the license plate number of a car wearing the “Warden Watch” sticker to the service, which will then SMS the car owner to warn them that a warden is in their vicinity.
Or, of course, that car owner could have simply parked legally and not had to worry about getting a ticket!