I WRITE regarding the 'dangerous' sign put out by the hairdresser Maureen Cox and butcher Ged Bell in Dringhouses.

I note that a city council spokesman said we have regulations for such signing in the city to prevent over-proliferation of notices which are simply unacceptable.

Perhaps he could say what the regulations are, and why this particular board was singled out?

After the article appeared in the Evening Press I noted that from Museum Street to the traffic lights at Exhibition Square there were ten advertising boards all on public footpaths, and banners on railings and the Assembly Rooms. Are these acceptable in this area of the city where most buildings are listed? Are these not distracting to drivers?

All are within sight of St Leonard's Place and yet a single board some two miles from the city centre is regarded as an obstruction even though it is on the grass verge and pegged to the ground.

The council appears to have different standards. If it is impossible to control the proliferation of signs in the city centre, then it is only fair that the Dringhouses sign should be allowed.

D Green,

Slingsby Grove,

Dringhouses, York.

Updated: 12:32 Friday, June 22, 2001