That was the point I was trying to make. As the road is currently laid out, with that bend, there is no way to make a safe crossing. Of course I understand that people need to cross, and I'm not suggesting something cannot be done further up or down the road. My point is that there is no way to make it safe to cross at the underpass, no matter how convenient it is, and no matter how much we wish it to be otherwise. The pavement widening has made things worse, not better, as there is often illegal parking (Forest Hill Cars, I'm looking at you) effectively making the road a single carriage way near the bend. It's hard enough to avoid hitting other cars without adding pedestrians to the mix.