I Just thought I would drop you a quick question and ask if anyone else was waiting for someone to be knocked down on the pedestrian crossing outside the new shops on Marriotts Close?

As a car driver, if you find yourself approaching the above crossing from Welch Way, you might have noticed that on your left is a lamp post, a bench, a bush, a bus stop, a cycle rack and various lights all obscuring your view of the public walking on to the said crossing.

It strikes me that sooner or later someone will walk out as they’re entitled to and unfortunately be hit by an unsuspecting driver, who just can’t see them approaching.

Furthermore, from the town side towards the Marriotts crossing, there is also a fair bit going on, cars pulling out from the woodyard, people sitting on the bench and people generally not using the crossing and just crossing the road – so there is a lot to watch out for.

I would say I’m a pretty careful driver with good eyesight and I’ve found it somewhat confusing to work out what people are doing, so I dread to think what someone less able makes of it.

Either way, I just wanted to let the local council know that I think it’s an accident waiting to happen – hopefully not.

Rob Edwards (window cleaner), Thorney Leys, Witney