In 57 years of motoring I thought I had seen everything that the authorities could throw at the suffering motorist with poor planning and traffic management, but their latest efforts have to be seen to be believed, Travelling north in Trafalgar Road, Portslade, which is one of the new 20mph zones, you approach the traffic lights at the junction with Old Shoreham Road to find that two very large 40mph speed limit signs have been put up two or three yards before the junction.

What they are supposed to signify is anyone’s guess – if you continue across the junction into Locks Hill you are still in a 20mph zone and if you turn right east into Old Shoreham Road you are in a 30mph zone. 40mph only applies if you turn left into the West Sussex-controlled Old Shoreham Road.

How confusing and what a trap for the unwary who are led to believe they have entered a 40mph zone when entering or crossing the junction.

It would be much better to have left matters as they were, thus avoiding confusion and unnecessary expense.

Ray Thomas, Park Lane, Southwick