Originally Posted by
BigDaddyPete
Joggers I'm fine with. But only when they're moving towards me. Most states statutes say that if a pedestrian is in the road, they are to travel against the flow of traffic. Certainly what I was taught in school. Bikes go with traffic, pedestrians go against it. I loathe coming up behind a jogger or walker with their headphones on, or who don't understand the concept of "on your left". That's annoying.
If they are running courteously (i.e., not hogging an unnecessary amount of space and not swerving unpredictably), I see no problem with that. Pass that person the same way you pass a slower cyclist. I must say I personally prefer to encounter joggers running with the traffic flow, even if they should be doing the opposite, technically. More time for me to react and figure out the best way to safely go around him/her (I must admit to being kind of spooked once when I encounter a couple of opposite-direction joggers in a bike lane around a blind corner - I go slowly enogh around blind corners to be able to stop in the distance I can see, but if someone else is moving fast in the opposite direction, I can't avoid colliding with them even if I am nearly stationary). In fact, I don't understand the need for "on your left" when everyone is moving predictably. Do car drivers yell "on your left" whenever they pass you?