Parking ticket after "sudden rule change" in Littlehampton

THE first complaints about Arun's new parking enforcement regime have come from an unexpected angle – diagonally.

A layby outside the Tropicana fishing tackle shop in New Road, Littlehampton, has netted numerous motorists for parking at an angle to the kerb.

But shop owner Malcolm Pearce says that ever since he first became involved with the business, 38 years ago, cars have been parked diagonally, and without ever being booked, even though vehicles jut out beyond the "official" white line.

Among those issued with a ticket since Arun took over civil parking enforcement (CPE) for the county council last month is financial adviser Andy Berks, of Rustington.

Rules have changed

He returned from a brief shopping trip in the town centre to see the ticket being stuck onto his windscreen.

"He said my car wasn't inside the marked area, but I told him I had parked like that for 20 years. He just said, 'Well, the rules have changed.'.

"How many other people think as I do, and how many more will they catch at 50 a time?"