In the United States, we drive in the right lane and leave the left lane for oncoming traffic. The same protocol applies to pedestrian traffic. We walk on the right side and leave the left for oncoming pedestrians.
Though walking on the ‘wrong side’ is less dangerous than driving in the wrong lane, it is still inconvenient and shows a lack of consideration, when the person on the right side is compelled to walk around the approaching person or risk a collision. It is even more inconvenient when two pedestrians hold hands on a narrow sidewalk, or three people form a walking human wall, without consideration of others who need to get beyond them.
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