On 07/06/2015 01:26 AM, Peter Adler wrote:
When I first complaint about this to my 74-year old mother, who'd been
out of the US for several years, she told me that in her 50s youth,
pedestrians were advised to walk on the pavement against the flow of
street traffic, so that they could see dangerous vehicles in advance.
She also said that it was advised in women's self-defense classes. I
certainly don't remember such advice from my own 70s yoot; does anyone
know whether this advice has resurfaced?
It never went away, you just missed it somehow. Some recent examples
found through googling:
"If no sidewalks exist on the road, it is recommended to walk facing
oncoming traffic on the same side of the road as the oncoming traffic.
Also, you should get as far to the side of the road as possible to
provide additional space between you and oncoming cars."
-- http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/program-tools/what-side-road-should-i-walk
"Runners should run against traffic, so they can see the traffic coming
toward then," says Jason Karp, an author of several books on running
including "Running a Marathon for Dummies." Everyone I talked to said
against traffic is the way to go.
"Run against traffic," Jean Knaack, executive director for the Road
Runners Club of America, told me. "More than anything the reason is safety."
And an email from Derrell Lyles at the U.S. Department of Transportation
makes it official: "Walk on sidewalks, if available; if no sidewalk,
walk facing traffic." This is the recommendation of the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration."
--
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-10-23/health/sc-health-1023-fitness-road-running-20131023_1_traffic-sidewalk-enforcement
It's not just a good idea, it's also the law in Virginia (and other
states as well):
"§ 46.2-928. Pedestrians not to use roadway except when necessary;
keeping to left.
"Pedestrians shall not use the roadways for travel, except when
necessary to do so because of the absence of sidewalks which are
reasonably suitable and passable for their use. If they walk on the hard
surface, or the main travelled portion of the roadway, they shall keep
to the extreme left side or edge thereof, or where the shoulders of the
highway are of sufficient width to permit, they may walk on either
shoulder thereof.
"Code 1950, § 46-247; 1950, p. 850; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-234; 1968, c.
165; 1989, c. 727 ."
-- http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/46.2-928/
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