As a resident of Hove I've been grateful for the introduction of the strict parking restrictions and the no-nonsense approach to the way they're upheld.

However, walking back from a meal out with friends in Brighton one evening, I was concerned to see no less than six officials standing around to watch a car being removed from double yellow lines in The Lanes.

The reason for this concern was the fact that five minutes later walking along the promenade, I was continuously offered crack, weed, skunk, ecstasy and cocaine by numerous individuals. Not one policeman was in sight anywhere. I'd rather our city had a parking problem than an illegal drug industry problem.

Would anyone disagree?

-Andrew Martin, Hove