Originally Posted by
puckett129
Peds are supposed to salmon... at least here in NY. I'll agree that it does make it interesting if a bike, car, and ped are meeting at the same point in a roadway, but it would no matter which way they were walking.
S 1156. Pedestrians on roadways. (a) Where sidewalks are provided and
they may be used with safety it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to
walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.
(b) Where sidewalks are not provided any pedestrian walking along and
upon a highway shall when practicable walk only on the left side of the
roadway or its shoulder facing traffic which may approach from the
opposite direction. Upon the approach of any vehicle from the opposite
direction, such pedestrian shall move as far to the left as is
practicable.
Edit: oops, didn't see Patrick already addressed this... but yeah, those peds are correct.
Didn't make clear that I'm referring to MUPs, which is 90% of my commute. No need to walk or run on the left, when everyone else is on the right. Makes for confusion and unpredictability. Around here, the MUPs are narrow and nearly everyone gets it -- stay right, and as far right as practicable. The occasional contrarian thinks he or she belongs on the left. Peds on the road where there is no sidewalk, I can understand walking on the left side to face oncoming traffic, but on a narrow MUP, no way.