Traffic wardens who flouted the law to park on double-yellow lines have now been spotted Parking on zigzag lines.

Road safety campaigners and motoring organisations condemned their behaviour as "dangerous".

Earlier this month we told how parking attendants in Brighton and Hove left their car on double-yellow lines while they issued penalty notices.

Brighton and Hove City Council, which runs the parking attendant service, said if space was not available they were occasionally permitted to park on yellow lines as long as they did not disrupt traffic or cause a danger.

Now Jarrod Marchant has taken a photograph of the same wardens' car parked on zigzag lines at the junction of Marine Parade and Burlington Street, Brighton.

Jarrod, of Firle Road, Brighton, said: "I first saw the car as I drove down Bedford Street because it was parked on yellow lines in Marine Parade and it was obscuring my view.

"When I returned they had moved their unmarked car 100 yards to the junction with Burlington Street but this time it was parked on zigzag lines with its hazard warning lights on. I was really annoyed.

"I know only too well that is illegal because I am a scaffolder and sometimes have to park illegally and few years ago I got a £40 fixed penalty fine and four penalty points on my driving licence for the same thing."

Mr Marchant said he had also seen the traffic wardens operating out of resident-only parking bays in Rock Place, Brunswick Place and Upper Lewes Road.

He added: "I know they have a job to do and I agree they are necessary but I think they are going the wrong way about it."

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents spokesman Roger Vincent said: "Road markings are there for a reason and should be obeyed by everyone. Parking on zigzag lines is dangerous.

"Traffic wardens should always park in a safe place. Apart from anything else it sets a poor example to other motorists."

AA spokeswoman Rebecca Rees said: "Parking on zigzag lines is dangerous and compromises road safety. There is not one rule for traffic wardens and one for everyone else."

A council spokeswoman agreed the car should not have been parked on zigzag lines.

She said: "We are certainly not above the law and this incident needs to be looked into."

She said if Mr Marchant wrote to the council with his complaint the matter would be investigated further.