(edited from email received - names changed) The pavements in Brighton are very often narrow and are busy with pedestrians. I have had to accompany my husband when he is using his scooter and can assure everyone that the A Boards are a nuisance and a danger to those who are disabled. Not only in this area but in East Street, it would be impossible for a disabled person to travel alone with the number of A Boards which are obstructing the pavements. I physically have to move them out of the way to get by. I cannot see that they serve a purpose and they are hardly aesthetically pleasing. Does anyone run into a shop just because of an A Board outside the premises and does it really increase their business? All shops have windows and they could possibly make better use of those to advertise their wares. It has become so bad for my husband that he prefers me to push him in a wheelchair and believe me, that is not easy either as I still have to move the darned things. So often, lately, the council and a number of others have tended to be more lenient with various issues and use the economic downturn as an excuse. I too, as many others who do not have businesses, am suffering from the economic downturn which is likely to continue for decades. Is this any reason to lower standards? It would seem that this could be an excellent time to try to raise the bar. To suggest that one could live in another place might not be an easy task in this economic climate. It would be costly to move, even if one could sell one's property and why should one have to do that. Perhaps Brighton and Hove should advertise a disclosure to all potential newcomers that if they are disabled or become disabled that the town will not be suitable for getting around due to the clutter that they allow on the pavements. To sum up. The pavements of Brighton being cluttered by A Boards are a nightmare for us in our circumstances and most definitely give my husband a reduced standard of life because he dreads going out because of the obstruction they cause. How can this be right?