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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 84 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Plus if you’re walking in the road walk against the flow of cars not with. That way if a drunk driver (or just general asshole) comes swerving down the road you can see it and react.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’d like to know why this was downvoted. Walking against the flow of traffic so you can see what’s coming is sensible advice.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

my dad always said: walk facing toward traffic, and make eye contact with drivers, so they can be haunted by your face for the rest of their lives if they run you over.

[–] Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or you could just use the sidewalk?

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A lot of the places I lived growing up didn't have sidewalks.

Rural roads man.

[–] mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

90% of the streets in my neighborhood don’t have sidewalks and I live in a major city. Exactly half of one side of my block has a sidewalk

[–] Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, you probably live in a formerly red lined area. This is a vestige of the past institutional racism from your city. But setting that aside, I was referring to the actual sidewalk present in the photo

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

One example: 47°42'58.8"N 122°18'21.3"W

no, it's not redlining, these are the neighborhoods redlining was keeping black people out of.

cute attempt at whatever that was tho.

[–] Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

I'm aware, but in this exact picture, there is a sidewalk.