For a hard-pressed mum with a screaming infant, there are few sights more annoying than seeing a childfree driver pulling into the last parent-and-toddler space at the supermarket.
Disabled motorists also have frequent cause for anger at their car-park bays being taken up by the lazy able-bodied.
At last, however, one store chain has decided to fight back against the space invaders.
Asda is introducing traffic wardens to patrol some of its car parks and slap £50 fines on those who leave their vehicle where it doesn't belong.
The store has signed a partnership with Town and City, whose wardens are employed to police parking at hospitals and shopping centres across the country.
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