Nyx788 t1_isbfmhz wrote on October 14, 2022 at 6:01 PM

A lot of people are oblivious and assume THEY will never be in an incident. I can tell you that earlier this year I was hit by a car on my run (they did a rolling stop while turning right at red light and it was the driver's side of the car that hit me) and I was wearing brightly colored clothing and had multiple bright lights on me to indicated 'hey person here'.

I love running roads and do so all over town (mostly Springfield) but I make sure I'm as safe as possible; running at less busy times, bright colored clothing, lights, bone transfer headsets (so I can hear the world around me), when I'm on the street running I run towards traffic, if I'm not 100% sure a car is paying attention I just wait and if it gets too busy out I reroute to a less populated area.

I cannot even tell you the amount of, mostly men, running in the dark wearing all black; mind blowing. Drivers do need to pay more attention but as runners/bike riders we need to go out with the expectation that they aren't.

Gingersnap5322 t1_isbfzic wrote on October 14, 2022 at 6:04 PM

I’ll give the benefit that the dude I saw at night did have a flashing light, but still it was in a part where people barely ignore the stop signs. I follow the rules but people don’t care apart from me and my parents there it seems

Nyx788 t1_isbh4ou wrote on October 14, 2022 at 6:11 PM

Totally see what your saying. I do think it comes back to that feeling of 'It won't ever happen to me' and hopefully it doesn't. There are defiantly areas I've ran once or twice but quickly marked off as no-go zones because of to many blind spots/drivers racing down the street/no or poor sidewalks.