If was this comment that made me think stopping may have been a good thing to do:Of course it's not possible to tell from that comment how close the car really was. And not being there, we also don't know how fast the car was moving.looked over my shoulder real quick, to see a car coming up behind me. i realized, hit the people, or try to miss the car...
You're absolutely right about not stopping in a driving lane but pulling off of the road. It did sound like this was in a residential neighborhood though, so stopping on the right side of the road prior to running into the joggers may have been reasonable.