There is an ongoing problem both with the “townies” and especially the Middlebury College students. I often pass folks walking or running with their back to the traffic and some even are deaf because of headphones. Many of these walk/run people are on Weybrige Road, Horse Farm Road, Pearson Road or Routes 30 and 125.
In the late 90s I checked the Vermont stats and found that every pedestrian fatality, as of then, had been hit from behind. Even one in Rutland that was on the sidewalk (Bad luck there).
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