IN July, Year 4 students from St Luke's School were out taking a supervised walk to develop their pedestrian skills.

This was as part of pedestrian awareness training organised and provided by Worcestershire County Council Road Safety.

The children followed the advice about road safety but unfortunately the same cannot be said of many drivers on Evesham Road that morning.

As part of the learning process, children used the zebra crossing.

The children, who were wearing high visibility jackets, were all obliged to stand on the edge of the road for some time before cars stopped to let them cross.

Many drivers clearly have no idea how zebra crossings are supposed to work.

Many cars were going a lot faster than the 30mph speed limit.

On more than one occasion, the traffic stopped so that children could cross, only for a driver further back in the queue to overtake the stationary car (or bus) and illegally speed across the crossing.

The danger to the children involved was shocking, given that they should have been able to cross in perfect safety at all times.

Sadly this was not an unusual morning.

Parents and children attempting to use this zebra crossing are frequently faced with cars going over the speed limit who do not slow or stop for them.

This zebra crossing is on a route used by children going to St Luke's School, the playgroup at St Luke's Memorial Hall and other schools along the Ridgeway.

It is very easy for people in cars to kill or injure pedestrians, especially children.

Our children are being taught to cross safely at crossings but how can they do so when irresponsible drivers do not respect the laws of the road?

Bryn Colvin and Laura Young, (parents).