A few days ago I happened to be walking in the Westdene Green area of Brighton at school pickup time where I have noticed one or two traffic/parking wardens since the expensive and unneeded road changes in that area. I stopped to chat to a couple of parents regarding the recent road/pavement changes and they eventually very rudely barged me out of the way and stormed off to collect their children!

I then had a friendly chat with a parking warden and asked him why he

was needed to be there because there have never been any serious problems at school pickup time for many, many years.

The warden was apparently there to check, advise or even ticket parents regarding the road changes and during that brief chat a parent in a car bumped into me whilst approaching the school pickup area.

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I was not interfering with access to the road but it was rather concerning that anyone would do such a thing to an 'older person' like me who was just showing interest in how things in that area were going safety wise for children coming and going to school.

Former city councillor

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