I walk my children to school every day. I walk between Liverpool Road and Bolton Road through the Town Centre.

Every day it is really difficult to cross the road outside the Kings Arms, even with a lollipop person! In fact the lollipop lady was hit by a car last week!

Now this week my daughter was nearly run over on the PAVEMENT. Outside the jobcentre between jobcentre and hospice is a passsage leading to the jobcentre car park. The staff there drive in like maniacs at top speed. To do this they have to drive across the pavement. There is no road there or kerb edge but the motorists go across at top speed without any consideration for pedestrians - adult or children alike.

Does anybody know why there is no proper road leading to this car park? Who has the right to priority - is it the pedestrian on the pavement or the motorist crossing the pavement to get to the jobcentre car park?

I did go in to the jobcentre to complain that the staff nearly knocked my daughter down, however they said that they have to drive across the pavement quickly because if they stop on the road and wait for pedestrians they might end up with a car up their rear end.

I would be grateful for advice as to whom should wait for whom?