Winter Walking and Cycling

[MidTowner]

At the risk of going off topic, I'll say that the reason I don't think cops should be advising people to wear "reflective clothing" while walking is that reflective clothing and high visibility clothing is what people normally wear who are doing dangerous activities. You wear it on a highway crew because you're in close proximity to motor traffic where normally people are not. You wear it while hunting, because your partners have guns.

There are a lot of people who think walking is dangerous for any number of reasons- because of predators, because they're going to get hit by a car, or slip and fall. When you have an authority figure suggesting that you'd better wear reflective clothing, because otherwise you might get struck by a car, walking no longer seems like the normal healthy activity it is.

Thanks to those who are calling in. I don't have the energy to note all but the most egregious offenders I encounter while walking. Typically my standard is that, if I remember a specific property disrupting my walk on multiple days, I'll call. There are plenty that apply, unfortunately.