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Originally Posted by GoPacers
According to what I read of Florida pedestrian law, if a sidewalk is provided then pedestrians are "required" to use the sidewalk. If no sidewalk is provided then pedestrians can walk facing traffic. I think the debate is whether the golf cart paths alongside the roads are considered multi-modal paths or not (I believe they are not defined as multimodal paths by the Villages). I am a runner and I appreciate that concrete is very hard on knees/legs and many of us would much rather be on blacktop when that's available but that doesn't make it legal. While golf cart drivers likely have a legitimate concern with pedestrians in the golf cart paths it does amaze me how inconsiderate and unsafe many golf cart drivers are on the true multi-modal paths. Pedestrians most definitely have the right-of-way on those paths.
All the above does is establish who is at "fault" in the event of an accident. I run regularly and I experience significantly more inconsiderate golf cart drivers on multi-modal paths compared to pedestrians I've ever seen in golf cart lanes. If you want to test this, go for a 2-mile walk/run on the multi-modal path and the odds are you'll experience more than one inconsiderate golf cart driver.
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So you got two carts or cars meeting down or path and you will be in the middle (usually golfers speed it to next tee time) street and you want to be dead right. Why not just step,out of the way and go about you’re walk or run. What’s so hard. Usually single walkers/runners not the problem, it’s when you got 2,3 or 4 abreast yaking and not paying attention the problem.