Last Saturday morning, at 8.10am, I was loading my car with tools and equipment while parked on double-yellow lines with my hazard lights on. The distance from my car to my front door is no more than about 15 yards.

My understanding is that parking regulations allow a vehicle to stop to load or unload. Meaning, when goods are taken to or from a vehicle which has stopped, either on single or double-yellow lines.

However, use of a vehicle must be necessary and while you can load or unload for as long as it takes, your vehicle must be moved immediately after you have finished loading or unloading.

On returning to my car, I discovered I had been issued with a ticket. I had been away from the vehicle for less than a minute and did not even see the parking attendant.

The ticket said I had been illegally parked for two minutes. Ever had the feeling you were being watched? Why are parking wardens targeting residential streets early on a Saturday morning?

This is the second time in two months my family has been targeted by Brighton and Hove City Council's wardens.

While legally parked and displaying a valid parking voucher in Hove, my wife was nevertheless issued with a parking ticket just one minute before her time had expired.

But we challenged the ticket she was given. The council wrote back saying the matter was being looked into.

Its correspondence quoted the wrong vehicle registration and parking ticket number. We corrected them but are still awaiting a reply.

Needless to say, I will be contesting the ticket I received on Saturday.

And how come parking attendants can park their mopeds and cars on double yellow lines to issue tickets? This is common practice in the Portslade area. How long will it continue?

-Simon Boyling, Portslade