I write in reply to the letter from T Pateman regarding parking signs (February 3).Of course it might, as Mr Pateman suggests be cost-effective to replace the metal-post pavement parking signs with signs attached to nearby private walls instead.

But the council would need permission, the owner would probably charge and the motorist might dispute the ticket on grounds it was too far away or that it was even a fake sign.

-Cllr Roy Pennington, Regency Ward, c/o Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove