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When I'm jogging in the local park I'll often avoid making eye contact, as I think that this often works better to get people to stop (they aren't convinced you see them). Of course I'm prepared to stop if the vehicle doesn't.

I'm sort of intentionally being abrasive there though, as I think people drive too aggressively given the surroundings.

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The real problem here is that cars are permitted in a park.

Maybe. It's a big park, 120 acres, and there is a hill on the non-lake perimeter that would make it difficult to construct adequate parking there.

>I'm sort of intentionally being abrasive there though, as I think people drive too aggressively given the surroundings.

This kind of passive aggressive behavior creates more problems than it solves.

I'm not dead yet.

Someone who's having a bad day is going to flip out on you for being an idiot and not paying attention (as they see it) when they have to stop short.

It'll probably happen eventually.

Looking like an oblivious idiot (which is indistinguishable from actually being one as far as other people care) who may dart out into the road at any second isn't going to make the world a better place. It will just increase the net frustration. Same goes for going the speed limit in the left lane. Roads are safer when people aren't angry.

"stop short"?

You are imagining much more aggressive behavior than I am actually engaging in. If it isn't clear that they have stopped, no way am I stepping in front of them.

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