Disabled car park signs in Worthing need to be clearer

I recently visited the Connaught Theatre with a disabled friend and parked in the disabled bay in the adjacent car park.
Watch more of our videos on Shots! 
and live on Freeview channel 276
Visit Shots! now

We consequently received a £70 fine. In hindsight, I fully accept that it was our responsible to read the charges sign as we drove past it at the entrance.

| Also in the news – the installation of the Shoreham Airshow crash memorial is underway; a flagship fundraiser is set for a revamp as the charity which organises it celebrates its 85th anniversary; and a Worthing man has spoken of his ‘fantastic experience’ in Uganda, helping transform a school for deaf and blind children. |

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

However, we genuinely thought the bay was free-of-charge because it had the universal wheelchair sign on the ground.

The Union Place car park in Worthing town centreThe Union Place car park in Worthing town centre
The Union Place car park in Worthing town centre

After a bit of research, I decided to appeal because people have been getting caught in this way and paying fines since 2013.

Like them, we have asked NCP to provide signage on the wall next to the bay indicating that a parking ticket is required.

Labour councillor Jim Deen is following this up and would like to hear from others who have been caught out in this way.

My appeal failed and I now have to pay a £100 fine.

Good for profits but unkind to people with a disability.

Maureen Purcell

Southview Drive

Worthing

---

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

• Share your views – email [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected].

Read More
Read more readers’ letters

---

Benefit from an ongoing discount on your Herald or Littlehampton Gazette by joining our voucher membership scheme. Once you’ve subscribed we’ll send you dated vouchers which can be exchanged for your paper at any news outlet. To save money on your Herald or Littlehampton Gazette simply click here.

Related topics: