Playing with lives on our roads

A few nights ago, I was about to step off the sidewalk to cross the road outside my home when a car hurtled past me. I was startled - not because I was more distracted than usual but because the vehicle was speeding illegally up a one-way street. I caught a glimpse of young people inside. They may have been laughing. I don't know if they even saw me. I felt despair and anger.

If I had got there a few seconds earlier, I would have looked left and seen that nothing was coming. It was very late, perhaps I would not have expected anything to come from the right, and I may not have looked that way before stepping into the vehicle's path. Also, if a car had turned from the small side street into the main road, the two vehicles would have collided head-on, as there was no space for the speeding one to stop or swerve. The road is narrow but relatively busy. That's why it is a one-way...