I just finished 6 miles.
One of my pet peeves in the wealthy enclaves of the bay area is "trophy bride" wannabees in what amounts to a tank, blasting through stop signs, cross-walks, stop lights, whipping into cross-walks, 3 feet from myself or other pedestrians.
And 9.9 times out of ten, it is some impatient soccer mom type, whom clearly hasn't passed a driver's test in some time.
Yesterday, I stopped in the middle of the street because 4 old women were hobbling across in the middle of the block to go to a church. One of them stopped in the street and waved me to go on, just as I was stopping. She kept waving, I rolled down the window and said to her "bless you darlin,' but the last time I read the CA Driver's Laws, it is the law that if you are in the street, I must imagine there's a crosswalk around you, and stop." She smiled and said "oh, thanks!" and them ambled on.
Laws are different in different states. I know at one time in Oregon, they changed the law that if a pedestrian got killed by a car, it was now the pedestrians fault. Ergo, it was legal to jay-walk, or "jay-run," but the pedestrian bore the burden of the responsibility if hit by a moving vehicle.
Most of the wealthy men in my area? They are content to have a BMW, Porche, Tesla, Maserati sports car or sedan.
Why is it women feel the need for this monster cars, and then drive like entitled, dangerous, aholes? (Another of "their" specialties in CA. When cars arrive at a 4 way stop at the same time, you're supposed to yield to the car on the right, not to use another car with the right of way, blocking out the car on the right, as an excuse to "jump the que" as it were.
Yesterday, I also sat and watched as a motorcycle cop pulled over and ticketed one woman after another. Quota time, baby! I would have thanked him, but it was too much fun to watch how fast he could stop 'em and ticket 'em. He literally pulled them over in like 30meters or less. (They were blowing through stop signs, and he'd just tuck in behind a parked car, lol).
Everybody thinks it is cool to speed, or drive dangerously, until you have a friend or a relative handicapped or killed by some selfish, irresponsible bad sapien.
Drive Safely, and Within The Law, the life you save may be your own or a runners or both...