SIR – Why is it that intelligent people are unable to stop themselves parking in spaces allocated for parents with young children. The purpose of these places are to assist the parent in getting children in and out of a car without damaging other people’s cars.

I have just come back from Tesco at St Peter’s.

I saw on arrival a woman on her own in her late 30s using one of these spaces. On returning I saw a couple in their late 60s getting into a very nice new mini with personalised plates, clearly no children around.

B PEARCE,

Kempsey.