As an invalid buggy user, I would like to know why so many pedestrians use the right-hand side of a pathway.

We drive vehicles on the lefthand side in this country. If the walkers would also walk on the left, they would be facing the road traffic and would be able to see if it is safe to step off the kerb or if they need to step aside to avoid being splashed in a puddle.

Buggy drivers always are criticised when a collision occurs, when it is almost always the carelessness of walkers stepping out of doorways without looking, stopping suddenly in front of a buggy or turning in front of one without considering the driver can only go where the wheels direct.

If we didn't have our "dead man's lever", we would have many more accidents through the thoughtlessness of pedestrians.

-Charles Odom, Lancing