A walk in the country

Early evening  I met a friend  while out walking who cycles this route more or less every day .
He had his lights on.
 It wasn’t dark. It wasn’t even dusk, so I said to him you’re a bit premature aren’t you for the winter? No he said I nearly had a very nasty accident yesterday, a car came round the corner fast and nearly hit me .
 
“Did it stop?”
“No , it raced off.”

Once this road used to be quiet. Not anymore.
Ever since some farm buildings a mile up the road became gentrified this narrow country lane, once devoid of traffic is full of Range Rovers, BMWs and even a Porche, and a Bentley .
 
As for those electric cars silently creeping  up behind you, ….