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These are the learner moped drivers being used by a Labour council to fine motorists who have actually passed their tests.
Civil enforcement officers, without a full licence, have been pictured on motorcycles in south-west London catching out drivers and issuing fines.
Lambeth Council has been criticised for using a 'loophole' to get more wardens onto the streets quickly to collect £35million a year in parking penalties, by bringing in learner mopeds.
The local authority has also introduced extra wardens on bicycles as well as a car fitted with cameras to catch out more motorists.
Wardens who are 18 and over are being hired with CBT certificates - meaning compulsory basic training - through a private contract with the parking firm Apcoa, according to The Telegraph.
A civil enforcement officer on a moped with learner plates handing out fines in Lambeth
It has been reported that some new parking wardens have not passed their test
Lambeth Council has been criticised for using a 'loophole' to get more wardens onto the streets quickly to collect £35million a year in parking penalties, by bringing in learner mopeds
Wardens who are 18 and over are being hired with CBT certificates - meaning compulsory basic training - through a private contract with the parking firm Apcoa
The course, which is a day long, does not require a full practical theory test and teaches a low level of moped driving skills.
Pensioner Richard Hughes, who has been driving for 40 years, said it was 'a bit odd' to be issued a ticket by a
