I agree with Colin Foster's letter of July 18. I, too, was victim to the jobsworth at the King Alfred car park who stood and watched as I parked my car, purchased my ticket from a machine, returned to my car and stuck it on the windscreen.

He made no attempt to advise me I couldn't park there but when I returned to my car, it had been booked.

It was as though he was just waiting to book my car. I am still waiting for Brighton and Hove City Council's response to my appeal.

Amusingly, in the council's efforts to make a few bob, it has repainted all the lines but just didn't know where to stop.

Hence, a bay has been marked right in front of the ticket machine.

I can imagine the letters the council will receive contesting parking fines: "Sorry, I tried to pay but I couldn't get to the machine."

-John Lake, Portslade