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

anecdotally, this discussion says you should walk/run facing traffic -- (link)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Jul 21 '17, 11:58

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https://bikeportland.org/2012/04/12/ask-bikeportland-was-bicyclist-right-to-yell-at-me-for-jogging-in-the-street-70287 (bikeportland.org)

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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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