Parking wardens can have a rough time of it in this country - commonly being on the receiving end of verbal insults and even physical violence - but at least the law is on their side.
However, a recent case in Sweden has left the profession up in arms, after a judge ruled that attendants must expect to be attacked - simply for doing a job which often gets motorists' backs up.
Ruling against a claim for compensation by a female traffic warden who was assaulted by a male driver, Judge Ann-Louise Roos said it was "simply part of their job description that they make people indignant", the Telegraph reports.
The 35-year-old woman was apparently throttled by the motorist in Malmo, who told her "I will hunt you down to my dying day".
However, despite handing the driver a suspended jail sentence and a fine for his over-the-top reaction to the £25 ticket, Judge Roos refused to award compensation to the traffic warden.
"It's simply part of their job description that they make people indignant," she added.
Last year a business man was so enraged to find a Northampton traffic warden writing a ticket for his Mercedes, that he ran the poor fellow down.
US citizen James Hudson was jailed for the attack, which left parking attendant Tomasz Cegielski lying unconscious in the road.
