[OSM-talk] Software goes on, brain goes off...

[Lester Caine]

Anthony wrote:
> You seem to have missed the rest of my post.  I was arguing that a road
> with no pavement but with a shoulder is *not* unsafe.  OTOH, if the road
> has no shoulder, and traffic traveling at 55 mph, and only 1 car a day,
> I'm not walking down it.

I think the POINT here is that UNLESS there is a legal restriction on walking 
down a road, then CAR DRIVERS should be aware of the fact that there may be 
other people using the road? In the case being discussed, it is not clear if the 
woman was following the correct procedures when walking on RURAL roads ... 
wearing something highly visible ... walking facing on-coming traffic. MANY busy 
rural roads in the UK are not particularly 'pedestrian friendly', but they may 
well be the ONLY way to get from A to B by foot. I was under the impression that 
in the US in many cases there are even fewer footpath routes going the same way 
as the roads?

'Safe' for pedestrians to use is simply undefinable as we have already decided 
when trying to identify URBAN areas where one would not walk on one's own! MAPS 
can't define what is safe. But they should at least show alternatives where they 
are available?

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