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Originally Posted by Chi-Town
A Florida pedestrian rule:
Where a sidewalk is not provided, a pedestrian can walk on the road. (Warning, always be cautious and remember that sharing roadways with cars always places one in greater danger.) When a sidewalk is not provided, a pedestrian should walk on the left side of the roadway (preferably the shoulder) as related to the pedestrian’s direction of walking, facing the oncoming traffic. A driver and a pedestrian who face each other are more aware of each other’s presence, and this reduces the likelihood of any kind of accident.
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Up here - some of our folks have sidewalks, some don't. This rule would have me cross the street at the end of one person's property, so that I can walk the length of another person's property, and then cross the street again so I can return to the sidewalk on the third person's property.
That makes - absolutely, positively, zero sense whatsoever, in any universe.
You walk on whichever side of the road has the sidewalks. If one property or a few of those properties on that sidewalk side, doesn't have a sidewalk, you stick close to the curb and continue on the same side of the road, so that you can get to the next sidewalk.
On the other hand -
If you live 4 houses away from the crosswalk, and the OTHER side of the road has sidewalks and your side does not...
You cross the street at the crosswalk, and walk close to the curb on your side of the road - whether that's with or against traffic - til you get to your house.
Maybe it's different in the Villages. But here in suburbia, that's how it is.