A TRAFFIC warden has been caught on camera parking on double yellow lines and driving down a one way street the wrong way.

It is the second time this week Lancashire Telegraph readers have provided photographic evidence of wardens parking on double yellow lines to issue tickets.

This picture shows a Blackburn with Darwen Council van on the corner of Crewdson Street and Harwood Street, Darwen.

Council bosses said the parking attendant unknowingly drove down the road the wrong way because a sign had been pointing the wrong way.

But Paul Waters, head of road policy at the AA, said: "It's not a case of setting a good example, and will make the public cynical.

"Even if the sign was pointing the wrong way you would think that with their local knowledge they would know not to drive down the road.

"Cases like this break the relationship between the public and the enforcer."

The picture was taken in March, and the parking warden is understood to have issued tickets to cars illegally parked outside the Post Office in Harwood Street.

The reader who sent the picture said: "Driving the wrong way up a one way street, parking on double yellow lines and at a junction.

"Perhaps it should be pointed out to the driver what the rules are!

"They started to ticket the vehicles on the not very clear and broken yellow lines opposite the post office.

"I'm sure a good day was had by all the wardens and bonuses were abundant."

On Tuesday we reported how a traffic warden had been photographed in an unmarked white van on double yellow lines in Rutland Street, Blackburn.

Then the council said it was acceptable for the warden to park on double yellow lines whilst issuing a ticket because parking elsewhere would have caused an obstruction to other road users.

When asked about the latest incident, Coun Andy Kay, executive member for regeneration, would only say that the warden had mistakenly driven down the street the wrong way because a sign had been turned round.

Coun Kay said: "The attendant upon realising the problem immediately reported the issue to the council's traffic section who have arranged for the sign to be twisted back so that other drivers do not make the same mistake."