People park their cars on their front gardens for a variety of reasons in East Dulwich. Some to ensure they can park outside their home, others for security. Every crossover adds an extra place for pedestrians to be injured – they’re mini junctions.

One very simple idea some residents have proposed is that when new crossovers are proposed is to ensure that they are safe under section 184(5) of the highways Act 1980 to require a mini speed hump at the edge of the pavement with the private land. Sections 184(3) & (4) and (1b) of the same act allows local authorities to impose such conditions.

Crossovers need to also ensure that they are largely at the level of the pavement maintaining the pedestrian priority and NOT lowered to create a mini bits of new highway.  Only then can we ensure pavements are fully attractive for walking and safe for our children.