TRAFFIC calming measures are around every corner in Blackburn. Try getting up Saunders Road and see how calm you feel by the time you've fought your way to the top.

Give Way signs are ignored. A popular long-stay car park is now changed to short-stay, with the pay and display machine removed and a new one erected across a busy road.

Last week, the park and ride system in Preston charged me, my wife and seven-year-old child £1.40 return into Preston, which meant we could shop all day, spending money in another town that Blackburn shopkeepers sorely need.

SAM SPENCE, Ribblesdale Place, Blackburn.