The Association of British Drivers
Local Issues — Brighton

---

Photographic Atlas of Sussex. A great book for anyone who lives in Sussex

ABD Local co-ordinator: Email  

 
 
You Can't Park Here Mate
Drivers in Brighton face the mercy of a vehemently anti-car council. Residents are forced to pay to park outside their own house, and there are not even enough spaces for all residents. Parking enforcement has been handed over to parking parasite NCP. In 2003 Brighton was the worst city outside London for parking fines, handing out 161,194 — more even than Birmingham. In 2006 it was 153,000, beaten only by London & Birmingham.
Meanwhile bus lane cameras are in use to extract money from those who refuse to put up with the deliberate delays created by bus lanes.
 
 
2007-08-19
Bloody Minded Council Refuse to Refund Parking Vouchers
Angry drivers have discovered that parking vouchers, unusable since the council switched to Pay and Display parking will not be refunded. Despite the fact that the vouchers have clearly not been used for the service for which they were bought, arrogant penny-pinching council bureaucrats are refusing to refund the unused vouchers.
And you thought councils were supposed to protect the public against unscrupluous trading practices like this.

• The Argus — Row over obsolete parking vouchers

Elsewhere on the ABD website:

• Bus Lanes
• Parking

External Links:

• Brighton & Hove City Council
  
• Sussex Police
• Sussex Speed Camera Partnership

Media Links
WSCT = West Sussex County Times

• The Argus — Parking for an hour - at £3.70   2007-07-05
  Council expecting to raise £219,000 a year, but deny it's a money making exercise
• The Argus — Thousands of motorists to be caught by bus lane spy cam   2007-07-05
  
• The Argus (Letters) — Eye on the Road   2007-06-26
  
• The Argus — Should there be more 20mph limit zones?   2007-06-18
  The ABD's Paul Biggs argues against 20mph zones.
• The Argus (Letters) — Motor Madness   2007-04-13
  "The mafia would come second to Brighton and Hove City Council and NCP in the way it has stitched up the motorist"
• The Argus (Letters) — Phantom Charges   2007-02-16
  
• The Argus (Letters) — Nice little earner   2006-10-03
  
• The Argus — NCP awarded new parking contract   2006-09-29
  
• BBC — CCTV to catch drivers in bus lane   2006-03-23
• BBC — Beauty spots to charge for cars   2005-11-09

  Adjacent local areas

• BBC — Worst parking fine cities listed   2005-05-02
• The Argus (Letters) — Dangerous contraflow bus lane must be closed   2004-11-30
• The Argus — Give Way! Should bikes or cars have priority?   2004-06-24
  The ABD's local represenattive, Dave Razzell, goes head to head on cycling. You might like to note that The Argus (not wishing to let facts get in the way of a good story) omitted the part where Dave mentions he's a cyclist too, and cropped his bike out of the picture!
• BBC — Drivers issued with more fines   2004-06-22
• BBC — Students angry over parking fees   2003-06-24

 

---

 ABD Home Page    Other Local Areas   Join   Contact  

---