Should People Jogging/Running on the Road Have to Follow Traffic Laws?

I always assume nobody is paying attention, whether I'm in a car or on foot. You'd never catch me running into an intersection without slowing and checking.

Runners should always run against traffic and always assume drivers can't see you

The Booty Loop in Charlotte is a great example of bikers taking the full right lane that really just think you’re going to avoid them.

Wait till we have 40% foreign drivers that aren’t aware of traffic laws that will still outweigh Bikers by about 4000 pounds.

At a stop light, I purposely get my right tires next to the curb so THEY have to now wait for me for a change.

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Should People Jogging/Running on the Road Have to Follow Traffic Laws?

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No, simply because runners should run against traffic.

But yes, runners should also yield to traffic.

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If you are running full speed on a road, you should have to stop at a stop sign or traffic light the same as a bike or a car.

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Vehicles yield to pedestrians, but I do try and cross at crosswalks and cross when it's clear.

Friday evening, I had two guys step in front of me thinking I saw them, but I didn't. I was using FSD on my Tesla and it saw them and stopped, It's amazing how good it is at recognizing people, deer, etc. and slowing down for them.

I jogged till my mid 50s but rarely ran at night and if I did, it was never in the road.

But I’ve never been suicidal.

Mostly people running do have to follow traffic laws. If there's a sidewalk, then they have to run on it, not in the street. At an intersection, the usual traffic controls about who has the right of way (which street has a red light, stop sign, or yield sign) apply to pedestrians too. Yeah, I know, a lot of runners think the rules don't apply to them--although in fairness, even more bikers and many drivers are likewise entitled douchebags who think they're above the rules.

There are laws for everything on the road including pedestrians and bicycles.

So yes.

My hood has walkers three or four abreast in the street. They will walk in street dead into the rising sun, it is hell to see them sometimes. I really don’t care. But you should be aware of visibility limitations at certain times of the day.