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re: When joggers and walkers use the road instead of the sidewalk

Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:06 pm to
Posted by FairhopeTider
Fairhope, Alabama
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:06 pm to
I run on the sidewalk because the chance of me getting hit by a car is pretty much 0 but I understand the need to avoid uneven tripping hazards. Hugging the side of the road is one thing but there’s a special place in Hell for those walkers/joggers who think they can just run right in the middle of the street….especially around dusk and especially if they have a stroller.

This post was edited on 7/20/21 at 9:08 pm
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124837 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:06 pm to
Buddy of mine hit a junkie walking in the middle of airline highway under the unlit cloverleaf overpass the other night.


Tore the scumbags arm off.

He lived…which, eh at least my buddy doesn’t have that on his conscience, even though it was no fault of his own.

People who get hit in the road not at crosswalks should have no legal recourse and be forced to fix your vehicle, but odds are they don’t have any money.

Here’s a solution, take it from the campaign funds of the people they vote for.



ETA: I see, after reading more than the headline, that he seems to be talking about a different sort of “jogger”.

In a subdivision off the main roads isn’t a big deal, but stay on the sidewalk at the thoroughfares
This post was edited on 7/20/21 at 9:13 pm
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124837 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:08 pm to
quote:

Long distance runners avoid concrete like the plague. Why so mad?



They should avoid asphalt too. Go run in the woods or other places made for running. Roads are made for giant metal beasts fueled on dinosaur blood.

Not fleshbags.
Posted by SnoopALoop
Nashville
Member since Apr 2014
4405 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:20 pm to
People are actually in here justifying walkers and runners being on the roads. Lmao

OP, you could tag them with the side mirrors real hard they'll learn to get off the damn street real quick.
Posted by CaptSpaulding
Member since Feb 2012
6537 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:30 pm to
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SideWALKs are usually uneven and can be trip hazards


Only to people who have to wear velcro shoes.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:32 pm to
I do it specifically to piss you off Kevin.
Posted by Stonehog
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Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:34 pm to
quote:

SideWALKs are usually uneven and can be trip hazards


Lot of potholes in the sidewalks where you live?
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
25455 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:37 pm to
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I’ve been told that asphalt is “softer” than concrete so it’s easier on the joints. Well if there’s trucks driving on asphalt all day it isn’t that damn soft is it?



Without discussing the merits of your post, this paragraph makes zero sense.
Posted by Hickok
Htown
Member since Jan 2013
2877 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:37 pm to
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Why the hell are you jogging in the middle of the road when there’s a perfectly good sidewalk right next to you?

Not sure where you live but the sidewalks in south Louisiana are unnavigable with any sort of stroller or after a cold six pack
Posted by Tigers13
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2005
1758 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:38 pm to
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Roads are for vehicular traffic, not pedestrian traffic. Sidewalks are for pedestrian traffic, not vehicular traffic.


Roads are for public use. There’s no laws prohibiting running/walking on them. I’d guess most runners pay more in taxes than you which in my mind gives them more of a right to use the roads as they wish. Driving is easy. Running is hard and even harder on sidewalks. Stop being bitch about dumb shite.
Posted by Stonehog
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Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:49 pm to
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Without discussing the merits of your post, this paragraph makes zero sense.


How “soft” can asphalt be if it can support cars driving on it? Can’t be that much “softer” than concrete.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
25455 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:50 pm to
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How “soft” can asphalt be if it can support cars driving on it? Can’t be that much “softer” than concrete.


Sure it can.
Posted by Stonehog
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Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:51 pm to
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I’d guess most runners pay more in taxes than you


Are they paying property taxes on their shoes?
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
76719 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:51 pm to
Run over all of them
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:51 pm to
Why do you think concrete roads remain in good condition way fricking longer asphalt ones
Posted by Tigers13
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2005
1758 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:54 pm to
Usually well to do people. It’s hard work. Not a hobby that attracts lazy people.

You don’t see people jogging in shitty neighborhoods.
This post was edited on 7/20/21 at 10:11 pm
Posted by Stonehog
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Posted on 7/20/21 at 9:56 pm to
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Why do you think concrete roads remain in good condition way fricking longer asphalt ones


All the joggers.
Posted by CuyahogaTigerJr
Northeast ohio
Member since Aug 2018
2196 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 10:00 pm to
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SideWALKs are usually uneven and can be trip hazards…

Yeah true, one day I just happen to walk to the front of my house and look out the front window, before going into the garage… idk why I did it but I see this older guy probably 60’s lightly jogging on the sidewalk then all of a sudden he just goes down face first like he tripped ( there is barely a 1/2 in difference in the sidewalk slabs ) and it’s at the end of my sidewalk approaching my neighbors if not his, don’t matter tho never even got mentioned, anyway I go outside to him face down in a puddle of water on the sidewalk.
I turn him over try to sit him up his face is all busted up bloody, call 911…. a few weeks later his wife knocked on my door thanking me and she gave me a gift card to a restaurant. She said he broke his arm nose some other shite… he was recovering fine tho.
People need to look down more when they walk I’ve seen people slip and fall on all types of shite because they just don’t look down.
I’ve found a lot of cash in my life out in public on the ground just looking down, 50$ bill 100$ bill once at a gas station, and numerous other small amounts.
Posted by Stonehog
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Posted on 7/20/21 at 10:01 pm to
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Sure it can.


There is no way in hell a 150 pound jogger is going to somehow make an impression on an asphalt road over a concrete sidewalk.
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
29349 posts
Posted on 7/20/21 at 10:10 pm to
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I want to hit these people with my car. Why the hell are you jogging in the middle of the road when there’s a perfectly good sidewalk right next to you?


I'm fricking speechless as to why so many people downvoted you. Guess cuz there's many idiots out there. The road is for cars. Sidewalks are for people. If you wanna be a retard and run in the road which is for cars, don't cry if I run you over. Simple as fricking that. Don't wanna get run over, stay on the sidewalk where you belong and don't be a brainless retard.
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