I am not a disabled driver but I abhor the misuse of disabled badges and I applaud Sylvia Merris-McDonald (The Argus, September 30).

I am a resident of Windsor Street in cental Brighton. The street has double yellow lines down both sides but disabled drivers are allowed to park on the yellow lines for up to three hours.

You would not believe the number of drivers who park on the yellow lines showing a disabled badge who are clearly not disabled.

Two young women come to mind, who used to park their car outside Windsor Court. They were both in their early-20s and used to park there all night and quite often most of the day.

They would move the car a few feet every few hours to get around the three-hour rule.

One day, I spoke to the wardens and explained the car had been there most of the day and that two young women had parked it and they did not seem disabled in any way.

The wardens said there was nothing they could do because it had a disabled badge on it and they could be picking up a disabled person.

When I phoned the parking office, they said exactly the same thing and said I could report it to the police.

When I called the police, I was told I would have to take it up with the parking office. I explained that the parking office had told me to ring the police, so the police then said I could take it up with the council department which issues disabled badges.

I rang that department and again was told there was nothing they could do unless they had proof.

The only thing they said that they might be able to do was to write to the badge holder and remind him the badge was for his use only and if it was misused it could be taken away, so no one seemed too interested that this badge was being misused.

-Steve Dyson, Brighton