[CalvaryJohn]

Pedestrians should ALWAYS travel FACING traffic. Whether I am walking or riding a motorcycle, I always assume everyone behind the wheel is trying to kill me.

[ETL]

Pedestrians should ALWAYS travel FACING traffic.

At least for bicyclists here in NY, the law states that you must travel in the same direction as traffic. I don't know if it also applies to those who jog on the street, a dumb-ass thing to do anyway, IMO.

[Sooth2222]

"Pedestrians should ALWAYS travel FACING traffic. Whether I am walking or riding a motorcycle, I always assume everyone behind the wheel is trying to kill me."

I also assume that anyone trying to drive and talk on a cell phone is an idiot and trying to kill me. I realize I may have the right of way, but I also realize that an SUV weighs a lot more than I do, that truly bad drivers are far from unusual, and that the cops make a habit of ticketing fast drivers, not bad drivers. But I digress. From the photographs of the accident scene, I'm not sure what the guy was supposed to do, even if he was jogging against traffic and saw that the girl in the SUV on the cell phone was aiming directly for him. It doesn't look like there were any sidewalks and the line suggests that part of the roadway was divided for bicycle and pedestrian traffic.

[OldMissileer]

Pedestrians should ALWAYS travel FACING traffic. Whether I am walking or riding a motorcycle, I always assume everyone behind the wheel is trying to kill me.

I agree. My first question was which way was the runner facing.

I think most states have laws on the books directing pedestrians to walk/run against the traffic. My parents made me do so when I was a child.

I now see too many people walking/running with the flow of traffic and too many people riding their bikes against the traffic. That is the opposite of what is safe and also probably the law.

I have been riding motorcycles for most of my life and share a healthy respect for cagers and treat each one as if they cannot see me or as if they would not mind running over me.

[Washi]

True.

A section of my regular jogging route is on a fairly busy road with ten foot wide shoulders.
I jog facing the traffic.
I do, occasionally, have to move way left when someone drifts onto the shoulder.
Inevitably, they are yacking on their cellphone at the time. (Predominately, they are female.)
Sometimes, you see the sudden realization on their face that they are about to run over a jogger. Other times, they remain oblivious as you veer out of the way.

[Arrowhead1952]

Pedestrians should ALWAYS travel FACING traffic.

Most older people do that, since we were taught to walk on the left. Lately we have seen a lot of younger kids walking in the same direction traffic is moving.

[ETL]

Pedestrians should ALWAYS travel FACING traffic.

Yes, this way you can see who it is that swerves and runs you over.