This is why people walking behind you hate you Everybody walks in SF. Most people do it wrong.

1. SLOW WALKERS MOVE RIGHT



It's sort of the universal rule of traffic in the western world, or wherever we drive on the right side. Faster traffic passes on the left. If you're plodding along, get out of the way. Slow walkers, we get that you're oblivious to your fellow pedestrians. Just try to be oblivious on the right side of the narrower sidewalks, so we faster people can purposefully race past you with our sanctimonious power walks. less 1. SLOW WALKERS MOVE RIGHT



It's sort of the universal rule of traffic in the western world, or wherever we drive on the right side. Faster traffic passes on the left. If you're plodding along, get out of the ... more Image 1 of / 57 Caption Close This is why people walking behind you hate you 1 / 57 Back to Gallery

Everybody walks in San Francisco. The problem is most of us learned to walk as a two-year-old and haven't given it a second thought since. Just as gridlock grips our streets, unpracticed walkers clog our sidewalks, endangering themselves and slowing down the city's fast-walking, fast-talking, wheelers and dealers.

It's time to wake up and think about how we walk, and with Walk to Work Day on April 7th, the timing couldn't be better.

We've compiled a few potential rules for walkers; some reasons why people are scowling at other people on the sidewalks. And, who knows, our board of supervisors is crazy enough, perhaps they might impose some of these right of way regulations.

While we know that you, the enlightened SFGATE reader, do not fall among the ranks of people acting like complete idiots on our sidewalks, perhaps you can help raise awareness of the pedestrian's plight. We invite your comments, and as always, let us know if we missed anything.