Memories of how her nine-year-old son Ryan was knocked down and killed by a motorist on Schleswig Way, Leyland, almost four years ago, remain fresh in the mind of Joann Clark.

So every time she spots a motorist talking on their mobile phone at the wheel, breaking the speed limit or taking other unnecessary risks, she thinks of how her story could make a difference.

"I think to myself, if only they knew what effect they could have on someone else's life," she says.

"If they could spend just a minute in the shoes of someone who has been through such tragedy as a result of something like that, and felt that pain and that suffering, they would not do it, I know they would not."

Joann was commenting on a survey which shows 45% of drivers in the North West feel people taking unnecessary risks at the wheel is their biggest frustration.

A further 13% blasted selfish drivers as their other major bugbear.

Coroner Dr James Adeley recorded a verdict of accidental death at Ryan's inquest in November 2005.

For the full feature see Friday's Lancashire Evening Post.