IREAD with interest the letter published on Tuesday, January 13, entitled "Drivers Ignore Parking Rules".

I too am a resident in Lostock, close to the Reebok Stadium and the bakery.

I am fully aware that traffic and parking can be a bit of an inconvenience when there is a football match, but know I need to accept this if I choose to live in this area (where, despite the alleged parking issues, demand for property is high!).

On match days the police do an excellent job and I cannot blame them for not wishing to take on petty complaints about parking from people with nothing better to do with their time.

Living on a street with little, or no, off road parking means that, on occasion, it is not possible to park outside your own home and reasonable, rational people accept this and park wherever there is a space.

The employees at the local bakery and the great majority of the football fans also show courtesy and respect with regard to parking -- which is more than can be said for certain residents. These residents feel that they own the street, as opposed to a house on it, and if you park your car outside their house you will be greeted (at the very least) by a note stuck to your windscreen threatening to slash your tyres should you do so again. Personally, I think it is quite hypocritical for people of this mentality to expect others to show courtesy when they are incapable of doing so themselves.

It appears that in the 21st Century there are problems not only with road rage, but also with "parking paddies" and, as a resident of Lostock, I have to deal with this not only on match days, but 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year!

"Parking Paddy Victim -- Lostock"

(name and address supplied)