A few years ago I received a parking ticket on a wide main road.

The lamp post with the sign had fallen down, but I still had to pay despite my car not being an obstruction.

Harrow Borough Council has clearly marked yellow lines outside my son’s school, yet I regularly see the same persistent offenders parked there, causing chaos, blocking the road when taking/ collecting children.

I have contacted the council twice, but nothing has been done. The police are not interested as they say it is a civil matter.

I find it ironic that the only parking ticket I have seen issued was during the school holidays.

I wonder what it will take before the council acts; will a child have to be injured when frustrated drivers try to go past a car blocking their path?

David Adler

Oxleay Road, Harrow