Actually, I now believe she was not violating the law.
It is not certain. But note this: I could not find in the statute the definition of “highway”, but in another section of that statute, it used the phrase “public street or highway”, indicating that “highway” is a subset of all streets. And normally a highway is a road that has certain controls.
The section on walking on the right says “on a highway”, not “on all public roads”. And it says “where possible”, which suggests the entire idea of walking on a specific side is more of a recommendation than a hard and fast law.
Also, the section on crossing in the “middle” of a block (jaywalking) also seems not to apply, so she could move back and forth on that road.
I will note that I always walk on the side of the road facing traffic so I can see my imminent death. No, seriously, so I am not surprised by a car coming up. But I do move to the other side when idiots walking their dogs are walking the wrong way, because i like to give dog-walkers a large berth since dogs are unpredictable.
One time, someone had a particularly yappy dog, so I did what I do when I am confronted with a yappy dog, I confronted the dog in a firm but friendly manner, and the dog owner yelled at me that I was intimidating and upsetting her dog, which was standing in the middle of the road not on a leash. I almost said “Hey, I can call Animal Control if you can’t handle your dog”, but I didn’t.
PLease note that I was not posting the statute because I believe she was worthy of being stopped. I just looked it up so I could poke a bit of fun at our friends from Texas, who like to remind us of how much more free they are than the rest of us poor saps (well, except for maybe the Alaskans). All in good fun, though, as there are arbitrary and stupid people in all of our 57 states.
Seems pretty clear to me that the cop felt disrespected and then did what he did to make himself feel more relevant.
And I’m with you. I like to face my death head on, so walking against the traffic for me. That all of my walks are on old fire roads/logging trails keeps the traffic down.