Winter Walking and Cycling

[tomh009]

"Use sidewalks and wear reflective clothing"...just a little extra victim blaming for good measure.

The specific article aside, walking on sidewalks (or trails) and wearing bright or reflective clothing are good defensive measures, making it less likely that you get hit by a car. Because whether the car is obeying the law or not, it weighs roughly 20x as much as you do, and there is rarely a good outcome for the pedestrian when the two meet at speed.

We try to teach defensive driving, too: even if the person in the other car is in the wrong, it's still a good idea to avoid an accident. I don't see why it has to automatically be "victim blaming".