For the 3rd time in 3 months now I’ve nearly had an accident with the same little boy on his bike. My house is set back off a corner and to get to the road I cross a pavement, part of which is cobbled, I assume to mark where cars might be travelling. The neighbours have a hedge around their house, it isn’t particularly tall or overgrown but it does block the view of the pavement slightly. I go very slowly out of here and if people are walking they can see the nose of my car and as it’s only a blind spot for a split second I can see them too, it’s never a problem.
Fairly recently a little boy (I’d guess about 8) has started using this route to cycle to school. He goes very fast, head down, not looking and he comes flying over the dropped cobbled area. I’ve seen him do this while I’ve been in the house and a couple of times now we’ve had very near misses when he’s nearly gone into my car. I sometimes see his mother cycling with him with a baby seat on the back and she seems to take a similar approach. I know that technically it’s his right of way but I can’t go out of there any slower and short of getting someone to stand on the pavement and wave me forwards I can’t make it any safer. It happened today and I rolled down my window to check he was ok (he hadn’t fallen off his bike or anything) and nicely told him he should go a bit slower over that bit. He nodded but seeing as it keeps happening I don’t think much will change. His mother was no where to be seen so I couldn’t speak to her.
Should I say something next time I see her? I have attached a diagram to show the layout.