Stop trying to kill me at pelican crossings!

RED LIGHT: This combination of lights means motorists stop and I cross the road - surely everyone knows that?

Only a couple of weeks ago I had a go at inconsiderate drivers – you know the ones I mean, the only ones allowed on the road and to hell with the rest of us.

Well a couple of murder attempts later and I know I have rattled a few cages.

I know that in life you can never take anything for granted.

But should you be able to legally use a pelican crossing without running the risk of being killed?

Of course you should.

Twice in one day last week I was using the pelican crossing in New Scotland Road, Nelson

The green man was flashing on both occasions.

The beeping was attracting me across the road.

And the red traffic lights were meant to keep lunatics in fast cars at bay.

But no, both in the morning and at lunchtime as I made my way across the road someone went whizzing by – one even deciding to blast his horn at me and prove he had double vision by indicating there were two people in the road, and not just me.