9 SEPTEMBER 1972, Page 28

Chancing it

Sir: People sometimes dart into pedestrian crossings in front of approaching traffic so suddenly as to be a danger to themselves and all concerned, but they don't usually boast about such irresponsible idiocy in the public prints as P.C. did (August 26) in ' Another Spectator's Notebook.'

William Slater 148 Parsonage Road, Withington, Manchester