When I'm walking on an MMP (which isn't a road, it's an MMP, that's why it's not called an MMR) - I usually walk -with- traffic, not against it. I stay to the far right edge and if I hear the sound of bicycle gears or the whoosh of an EV or the rumble of a motor coming closer I notice first - is there room for them to pass me safely? If so, I just continue as I was. If not, I move off the pavement. If there's a curb, I'll walk on the curb. If it's grass, I'll walk on the grass.
Maybe some day when my hearing aids stop being good enough to let me hear what's coming up behind me, I'll get one of those little tiny mirrors you can attach to your eyeglasses. And then I'll be able to see them coming. For now I'm good to go, because I have something called "situational awareness" which apparently a lot of old people no longer possess - or possibly never had.
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