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hey, Oregonians... A podcast i am following is a woman walking across the country. She just got stopped by the police in Oregon -- (edited)

Posted by Andie Jul 21 '17, 11:54

SHe has a cart she's pushing. People always think she's got a baby in there. She does not.
(she's almost done. She started in South Carolina.)

She just posted this:
"Lindsay Monroe

What if there was a baby on board??? Is a farm girl who lives on a busy road not allowed to push her baby safely on the shoulder without the police being called everyday????? Also I am confused, why would a police officer tell me it's illegal and he can ticket me for walking against traffic and that in Oregon I have to walk with my back to traffic???

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Is that true about walking with your back to traffic? That seems insane.

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They have to be on the left side, except on a divided highway, where it's the right. I think. -- (link) - mara Jul 21, 12:09
anecdotally, this discussion says you should walk/run facing traffic -- (link) - oblique Jul 21, 11:58 7
- of course you should. i thought that was the standard everywhere. Not with cars coming up behind you. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 11:59 6
  - thats what I thought as well, if there are no sidewalks that is. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 21, 12:05
  - My understanding is you should always go with the flow of traffic. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 12:02 2
    - This was my understanding too, but it was probably actually taught as a bicycle rule, so I don't know. -- nm - Ender Jul 21, 13:14
    - but you have no way of seeing any danger that way. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 12:05
  - I've always been told that walking with cars behind you is the standard, but I've always thought it was absurd. -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 12:02 1
    - There's less time for the car to react if you're walking toward it. That being said, it's not that big a difference for someone walking. A bike is a - pmb Jul 21, 12:05

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hey, Oregonians... A podcast i am following is a woman walking across the country. She just got stopped by the police in Oregon -- (edited)

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