On Aug. 26, Karey Marsh was killed by an intoxicated driver while apparently jogging in a bike line, not on a sidewalk and not on the road shoulder. If she had not been jogging in what is essentially a traffic lane, the car might have missed her, and she would still be alive today.
Several times a week I see:
-- Joggers, male and female, running in bike or even traffic lanes alongside perfectly good 6-foot-wide sidewalks.
-- Joggers -- pedestrians -- running the wrong way with traffic, not against traffic, as required by law.
-- Joggers wearing music headsets, which prevent them from hearing the warning sounds of traffic.
-- Nighttime or early-morning joggers wearing dark, nonreflective clothing, which makes them virtually invisible to drivers until it is too late.
-- Any combination of the above.
Every time I see a jogger taking a dumb risk, I fear for his or her safety. The message to joggers is clear: Be smart, be cautious and live.
-- Bradford Boyes, Ventura