As there are several schools in Balfour Road, it is chaotic twice a day, with parking on the pavement where the road narrows. It is also dangerous when cars reverse into our driveways then shoot out to turn round to avoid the congestion.

We are also woken early in the morning by lorries rumbling over the humps to get to the bypass because they cannot get past the traffic islands in Preston Drove to turn into Ditchling Road at Fiveways.

The humps are an attraction to boy racers, although they must damage their cars eventually, and recently, they caused my backseat passenger to suffer lumbar muscle injury despite my low speed.

Worst of all, these traffic-calming measures have not proved effective enough in helping keep children safe on the pavement when walking to school.

-Mrs Jenny Carter, Brighton