I've already lost my dog after she was hit by a car on this lane (on lead, on a verge btw) since this I have actually limited when/if I will walk on the lane but my daughter's physio accidentally parked on my neighbours drive yesterday and I had to walk on the lane to get to his house to tell her. I'd looked for cars and then walked to it. I was on the edge of his drive, so not even on the lane and car came belting round the corner pipping his horn at me :(
We have incidents constantly and locally in the last month we've had the tragic fatalities of a cyclist and a couple of days ago, a pedestrian :(
Despite the police being aware of several near misses, the highways agency will not lower the speed limit. You can't even get off the lane as the verges are too high and there are storm drains. People drive so fast that they often end up sideways in their cars in the dug outs. This happens once or twice a week.
I wondered what other people's views were on this. It's actually, most probably disproportionately, upset me that I was pipped at for standing on my neighbours drive but it highlights that motorists don't seem to expect people to be there.