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Old 05-30-2022, 06:26 PM
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First of all there are no "RULES" just excellent suggestions and courtesies. If there ware OFFICIAL RULES they would be posted and handed out.

Also, the MMP's are not BIKE TRAILS they are MULTI-MODAL paths for all "MODES" of use and EVERYONE has the same responsibility. Walkers wear often headphones and even talk on the phone and shaking your bikes ding-a-ling is useless. Just yelling "ON YOUR LEFT" could mean dozens of things to one who has no idea WHAT IS "on your left" assuming they can even hear it (how many hearing aid ads are in the Daily Happy News every day). MANY people NEED THEM but can't afford them so since this is an "old person community" that must be taken under consideration.

Everyone should be safe on do the right thing but there are no rules anywhere that everyone could see. If a biker hits a pedestrian, likely the biker would be considered at fault because you are the faster moving vehicle.

These (MMP's) are NOT BIKE TRAILS and they are not GOLF CART PATHS. They are multi-use paths (referring to MMP's not the diamond lanes).

Read "Share the path" on districtgov.org.
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