To the person commenting on my spout about the street sweeper: He was just driving along, his machine was not in operation. My issue was how do you expect ordinary citizens to obey the law when town employees do not? In addition, you are right, I did not get hit. I do follow the law and look before crossing and do not just presume cars will stop. In addition, I follow the law when driving and stop for pedestrians. There is nothing wrong with the law.