I read with interest the article concerning the former parking attendant and his allegations of league tables (The Argus, September 12).

The strong denial from NCP that such practice does not exist was the exact response I expected.

A year or so ago, I happened to be in Rock Street, Brighton, at around 10.30pm when my attention was drawn to two parking attendants who could not agree on the few inches that a parked car overhung its parking bay on to yellow lines.

After much debate and the judicious use of a tape measure, the necessary penalty notice was applied accompanied by two very satisfied nods of approval.

To take issue over a couple of inches of front bumper overhanging yellow lines in this sleepy backwater was both futile and oppressive.

Paradoxically, a disabled driver displaying a badge could park the whole of his/her car on the yellow lines in question without creating any obstruction or incurring any form of penalty, so the argument that an obstruction was caused defies logic.

I acknowledge the regulation of parking is necessary if the movement of traffic is to be maintained but, by the same token, the enforcement of minor technical parking infringements such as I witnessed are totally subjective and should be viewed as such, not merely as a means to justify one's existence.

-RA Childs, Rottingdean