IT IS disappointing to read that retired police lawyer Lindsey Hall is trying to justify why she should not be given a parking ticket for obstructing a dropped kerb (Echo, Sept 13).
She says there were no markings yet she is photographed standing on the blister tactile of the dropped kerb.
What more marking does she want?
She also says she didn’t block access because her wheel was only next to the dropped kerb.
That blister tactile is lined at an angle to guide someone using a long cane or guide dog in the direction of the dropped kerb on the opposite side of the road, so her car could be an obstruction.
She doesn’t understand that blister tactile dropped kerbs are there to giving a visually impaired person the message that this is a clear place to cross and there’s a dropped kerb opposite because, unlike other people, they can’t see the other side of the road.
A car parked like this can make a road crossing for a visually impaired person more dangerous than it is because the person already crossing must stop and find a way around the car. Ms Hall ought to be ashamed looking for loopholes.
Gordon Pybus chairman, Darlington Association on Disability
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