Thank you.

2012 was a good year in many ways but for me it was blighted due to an accident at  the zebra crossing at Westerhall/Dorchester Rd/Carlton Road at the beginning of October. Now, every time I  drive past this Zebra crossing, it  is brought home to me how poor the visibility is, and how difficult it is to see anyone, but especially the smaller pedestrians, approaching the crossing.  Every time I use the crossing as a pedestrian, (especially on my way to physiotherapy) I realise how many cars don’t realise that a pedestrian is waiting to cross, and I count the number of times I have stood at the road side while car after car goes past without stopping.  Everytime I approach the crossing as a driver I find myself slowing down in an attempt to see any pedestrians waiting to use the crossing. As a driver, I may not have hit anyone myself, but I realise this doesn’t mean there is not an issue with the layout.  If you also think this crossing could do with some improvement, please email me. In the meantime I would like to send out my (very belated) thanks to all the Mums who stopped and offered help and support to me, and also to all their well behaved children for allowing their help to be offered, as well as all the fire crew, ambulance and police who attended. This was truly a most scary time of my life, and I really cannot imagine why this crossing has not been reviewed by the powers that be. Maybe 2013 can be the year this crossing gets a revamp at the very least and a replan at the best.