I agree, that stretch of the road is really difficult to cross. A couple of weeks ago I was crossing it with 3 kids, I waited carefully until there were definitely no cars coming from either side of the road or could be seen in the distance, but we were only halfway across the road when a car appeared driving quite fast towards us (driving towards Forest Hill on the railway side). I had to yell at my eldest who was slightly in front to run across, while I scurried back as I knew wouldn't get the buggy across in time, in the meantime another car was coming towards us from the other direction. It was a bit hair-raising.. I honestly don't know how to cross that stretch safely. Not everyone can sprint across! (Nor should they have to). It's a common pedestrian route for people walking to the station.