yes, your worships i wonder if i may assist the court o on behalf of er  m mrs   erm  mrs   er  has told me that she thought at the time of the incident again was in fact, nearer to five o'clock than  than, than four thirty  and  she was  driving  from billington towards clitheroe  she had come through the traffic lights at the bottom of accrington road in worley and she was proceeding along king street  in worley er, towards  towards clitheroe  and sh she has told me that at the time there was a considerable amount of traffic on the road and yo i in fact had that confirmed to you by  er, my friend  er the  the traffic was  sufficiently heavy that in fact, the the traffic travelling in the direction of blackburn  er was wai was backed up to the traffic lights as far as the zebra crossing and beyond it  and so  as mrs  erm  was travelling towards clitheroe her view of the children on the footpath at the  opposite side of the road was obstructed by the cars that were  er, travelling towards blackburn.