MADAM, I write with regard to your article in last week's paper concerning Jackie Cook, her severely disabled son and her being issued with a parking ticket because she overstayed the time allowed to park in a disabled by in the town.
I too am disabled and I am in possession of a badge which I display in the window of my car that allows me to park for a maximum of three hours in a disabled parking space.
I can only sympathise with Mrs Cook and the predicament she found herself in. I would argue that my badge is issued by the appropriate authorities in the UK and they are allowing me to park for three hours. I would never think for one moment to look at the sign which says that in Ross I am only allowed to park for two hours.
I think it is wrong that Herefordshire Council can go against the general rule and impose their own terms and conditions for disabled people. I would suggest that if their own set of rules continue to be enforced by the traffic wardens this will do nothing to encourage disabled people to visit Ross.
Amelia Read.
Longhope