<sod>In the United Kingdom (UK), accusations of overzealousness on the part of traffic wardens is likely due to high pressure management focused around delivering a certain number of tickets per day, leading to allegations of corruption and illegality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4596907.stm |title=UK &#124; Magazine &#124; Confessions of a parking attendant |publisher=BBC News |date=2005-06-01 |accessdate=2009-11-21}}</ref> This brings accusations that their real purpose is to raise revenue for the local authority rather than keep the traffic moving. Those who receive fines argue that the "punishment does not fit the crime,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cAS21h5WJA |title=Meter Maid Man |publisher=D4 Brothers |accessdate=2015-10-09}}</ref> pointing to the size of fines levied for minor parking violations in comparison with fines generally issued for more serious motoring offences or other offences such as shoplifting. Public dislike of parking attendants in the UK is such that they have been stabbed,<ref name="BBC News 14 April 2008">{{cite news | title= Parking attendant stabbed in arm |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7346207.stm| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date= 14 April 2008| website= [[BBC News Online]] | accessdate= 29 March 2016 }}</ref> received death threats,<ref name="Bournemouth Echo 6 August 2011">{{cite news |last= Magee |first= Julie |title= Parking attendants at Castlepoint face death threats |url= http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9181492.Parking_attendants_at_Castlepoint_face_death_threats/| date= 6 August 2011|newspaper= [[Bournemouth Daily Echo]| Bournemouth Echo]]|location= [[Bournemouth]] | accessdate=29 March 2016 }}</ref> and been issued stab-proof vests<ref name="PPSS blog">{{cite web |last= Kaiser |first= Robert |title= Robert Kaiser's Blog: Can Stab Resistant Vests Improve The Safety Of Parking Enforcement Professionals / Traffic Wardens? |url= http://www.ppss-group.com/blog/can-stab-resistant-vests-improve-the-safety-of-parking-enforcement-professionals-traffic-wardens/| date= 15 December 2014|website= PPSS Group accessdate= 29 March 2016 }}</ref> and cotton swabs to take [[DNA profiling| DNA samples]] when members of the public spit on them, for later prosecution.{{Citation needed|reason=unaware of such developments and unable to find reliable sources via simple search|date=February 2014}}<eod>
<sod>In the United Kingdom (UK), accusations of overzealousness on the part of traffic wardens is likely due to high pressure management focused around delivering a certain number of tickets per day, leading to allegations of corruption and illegality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4596907.stm |title=UK &#124; Magazine &#124; Confessions of a parking attendant |publisher=BBC News |date=2005-06-01 |accessdate=2009-11-21}}</ref> This brings accusations that their real purpose is to raise revenue for the local authority rather than keep the traffic moving. Those who receive fines argue that the "punishment does not fit the crime,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cAS21h5WJA |title=Meter Maid Man |publisher=D4 Brothers |accessdate=2015-10-09}}</ref> pointing to the size of fines levied for minor parking violations in comparison with fines generally issued for more serious motoring offences or other offences such as shoplifting. Public dislike of parking attendants in the UK is such that they have been stabbed,<ref name="BBC News 14 April 2008">{{cite news | title= Parking attendant stabbed in arm |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7346207.stm| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date= 14 April 2008| website= [[BBC News Online]] | accessdate= 29 March 2016 }}</ref> received death threats,<ref name="Bournemouth Echo 6 August 2011">{{cite news |last= Magee |first= Julie |title= Parking attendants at Castlepoint face death threats |url= http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9181492.Parking_attendants_at_Castlepoint_face_death_threats/| date= 6 August 2011|newspaper= [[Bournemouth Daily Echo]| Bournemouth Echo]]|location= [[Bournemouth]] | accessdate=29 March 2016 }}</ref> and been issued stab-proof vests<ref name="PPSS blog">{{cite web |last= Kaiser |first= Robert |title= Robert Kaiser's Blog: Can Stab Resistant Vests Improve The Safety Of Parking Enforcement Professionals / Traffic Wardens? |url= http://www.ppss-group.com/blog/can-stab-resistant-vests-improve-the-safety-of-parking-enforcement-professionals-traffic-wardens/| date= 15 December 2014|website= PPSS Group accessdate= 29 March 2016 }}</ref> and cotton swabs to take [[DNA profiling|DNA samples]] when members of the public spit on them, for later prosecution.{{Citation needed|reason=unaware of such developments and unable to find reliable sources via simple search|date=February 2014}}<eod>