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Originally Posted by Cedwards38
As per today's Daily Sun article, can someone tell me what the potential liability issues we might face from striping the multi modal paths? I'm struggling to come up with anything that the stripes might cause that would subject us to some court action. Seriously, someone help me understand the Boards concerns here. I'm wondering if that is just a Bullshot (for those of you who may not know, a bullshot is just one little taste of the stuff from which it derives it's name).
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Well, just off the top of my head, what if someone driving the path at night gets confused and thinks the white side stripe is the center line. They think they are on the wrong side of the path and pull right, colliding with a fence post or tree. Their attorney discovers the CDD installed the stripes against the advice of an engineering firm hired to determine if the stripes were a good idea. Lawsuit.
With the frequency that the dividing posts on the paths are crumpled, I don't think that scenario is a stretch.