Can Sussex Police or anyone in authority explain why one broken-down car and caravan took more than four hours to move from the Grove Lodge roundabout last Friday?

It had just conked out when I drove by at 10.05 that morning and was not moved until nearly 2.30pm, causing traffic chaos, with queues back as far as Boundstone School.

This was totally unneccessary. For goodness sake, a couple of burly coppers or lorry drivers could have unhitched the caravan and pushed the car, then the caravan, round the corner out of the way.

When there has been an accident, I do understand delays can be caused because skid marks and so on have to be measured, but this was absolutely and utterly avoidable.

-Wendy Taylor, Lancing