There seems to be a new trend here; joggers in the road. Now almost the entire city of Berkeley has good sidewalks. But NO – apparently running in the road with headphones is the new best thing. Did I mention that these joggers are not even doing drivers the courtesy of running facing traffic? You know the old rubric – when walking along a road without sidewalks – you walk facing traffic. It both lets the drivers see you better, and gives you the advantage of being able to eye ball a potentially stupid/unobservant driver. Not so this crew.
The only other part of all this (which increases the insanity) the the “I don’t need to wear any stinking reflective gear?” I mean seriously. There is such a great variety of reflective gear out there. Most of these joggers seem well past their undergrad/graduate days which mean they can probably afford a role of tape,
Enough said; I think I need another nap.
Just don’t have nightmares while napping…idiots like that are the stuff of nightmares.
Oh, it has happened a time or two. And I am driving alternative routes. The really heavy, fast traffic roads around here are avoided by joggers in the road. And they are smart enough not to run in the bike lanes..