Although I agree with Massimo Dedaelli and Nick Brown that the appearance of double yellow lines on the corners of roads in the Clyde Road area of Brighton have increased the incidence of double Parking (Letters, March 2), making the area subject to resident parking permits is not the answer.

I used to live in the West Hill area, where there were resident bays. A permit does not guarantee a space and costs about £80 a year.

In West Hill, there was at least a year's waiting list for one. As a resident I was forced either to move my car every two hours, the time limit enforced there, or park somewhere unrestricted, such as the Clyde Road area.

I have spoken to several people who park in unrestricted areas to avoid moving their cars constantly.

Parking permits only move the problem to another area where the residents soon find they cannot park near their homes unless all residents have parking permits.

The time restriction in West Hill also led to me having to organise my day around moving the car and, as an agency nurse, I was torn between working Sundays, when I get paid more, or being free to walk around and enjoy my home town, without having to worry about moving the car.

Also, when I was ill in bed with a bad infection, the parking policy led to me having to get up every two hours to move the car.

When I moved to Shaftesbury Road, in some respects I felt as if I had regained control of my life.

Please don't think this is the answer - parking permits sound good in principle but I have yet to meet anybody who lives in an area where they apply, even those with a permit, who have anything good to say about them.

In fact the message I receive is the opposite - permits cause parking problems rather than cure them.

-Helen Soester, Brighton