A partially-sighted widow claims irresponsible parking means she risks her life every time she catches a bus.

Linda Gregory has to venture into the middle of the busy A259 Brighton Road, Shoreham, in order to see and hail oncoming buses.

She said: "Virtually every time there is a lorry or car parked at the bus stop with other cars double-parked on the road.

"I have to walk all the way out to the white line in the middle of the road to see sometimes.

"My vision is very poor and I am convinced I will get mown down one day."

Mrs Gregory, 59, of Surrey Street, Shoreham, catches the number 700 to Southwick twice a week to visit a friend.

She said: "It is a lifeline for me and for my friend, who can't get out because she is in a wheelchair, but I am getting too scared to wait for the bus."

The problems started last October when changes to the timetable meant she could no longer catch the number 19 bus, which stopped nearer her home.

Mrs Gregory, whose husband Keith died 15 years ago, said: "I would like to see people start taking some consideration for their actions and thinking abut the danger they are causing.

"And the police need to get out there and start issuing parking tickets.

"I have complained on two occasions but nothing seems to have been done."

A police spokeswoman said: "There are long-standing problems in Shoreham with regards to parking because of the very narrow roads.

"As a result, this often leads to lorries using bus stops and taxi ranks to unload, which they are legally entitled to do if there is nowhere else available for them to stop.

"Where cars are dangerously double parked, then a traffic warden or a police officer will always ask the motorist to move on or even give them a ticket for unnecessary obstruction.

"Unfortunately we simply don't have the resources available to have traffic wardens stationed at static points across the town to monitor parking."

Roger French, managing director of Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company, said: "There is more double parking than we would like but it's better than it was about six years ago.

"Enforcement is better and since the council has improved accessibility to some stops by building them out into the road, it's dissuaded people from parking there, but there is still room for improvement."