I WAS relieved to see in this week’s edition (The Fly in the Ointment ) that I am not the only one to have gripes about self interested road users.

We live near St Vincent’s School and for some time have had issues about the way parents park on the pavement in our service area when dropping off their children.

Despite negotiations over a period of time with the school, the community constable and parents, sometimes with quite a hostile response from these, the practice still continues and there is still frequently a lack of consideration for residents.

Parents still sometimes park opposite our drive making exit difficult for us.

We have had to learn to time our entrances and exits.

Residents’ concerns relate to possible emergency access should it be needed and the fact that families, often with pushchairs, are forced to walk on the road with all the hazards with moving traffic that that entails.

Now that the better weather has arrived there is not the same urgency for cars to depart quickly.

My father was a policeman and I was brought up with the firm belief that the law was the law. It seems, these days, the law is flexible.

Christine Masson Higher Downs