Pedestrian push-back

When I walk down to my local post office I usually pick up litter along the way to dispose of it properly later. Today I was trying to cross the road at a designated pedestrian crossing - you know, the kind with a day-glow florescent bollard in the middle of the road and a sign that says ‘State Law: Cars Must Stop For Pedestrians’. The cars didn’t stop, no, not even the police cruiser, and one vehicle came so close it knocked the bag of litter I had collected out of my hands.

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