Before retirement drove up to 1000 miles per week and well aware of the Highway Code

​I am 73 and passed the driving test in 1961, before retirement drove up to 1000 miles per week and well aware of the highway code rules and my pet hates involve pavement and double parking, in the cul de sac where I live the rules must have changed as residents have mainly empty driveways and think that it is ok to park completely blocking the pavements and double parking , and in the road at the end of the cul de sac which is a bus route vans, cars and lorries park on all the bus stops, also they think it alright to park on corners, preventing a view of any oncoming traffic, it is just as bad in the nearby town roads, where cars park just about anywhere they please disrupting the traffic flow like you would not believe, there double yellow lines just get ignored, the very rare sightings of a traffic warden are only to be made in the towns car park where you find a person sitting in the car while the passenger goes shopping so that they do not have to pay for a parking ticket however they have the engine running so that the heater keeps the car warm, they usually drive into the space so that the can reverse out after shopping(some drivers will understand my or their logic in doing this) the most popular place in the town to park is outside any of the banks, they then park in the bus lane,on the pavement,on double yellow lines , you will not believe any of this but I can assure you that it is true, this is the same town which has very tiny notices fixed in rare positions saying that you will be fined £80 if you drop a cigarette end on the floor, the signs have been there for years but no one has been caught yet, I spoke to a man at the areas parking offices about the parking and put the phone down when he said that it did not matter as long as they were not parked there too long.

Tonyi Brown