[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

So I got 3 walkers coming towards me blocking the whole lane with some traffic coming. I come to stop in my lane. Somebody has to give. I either have move off path into grass or to opposite lane when clear. Or the walkers stop, have to fall in single file, or step off till congestion clears. It’s not always clear cut. Nobody should demand right of way but give way to stay safe. if they don’t that entitlement IMO.

If I was approached by walkers side by side I would stop the cart in the right-hand half of the MMP and wait for them to decide what they want to do.

• - I can't drive into them. They can't climb over my cart.
• - I'm retired and can probably miss whatever I am heading towards. They are just out for a walk with no place in particular to go.
• - I'm sitting down, probably in the shade, with music to listen to. They are standing, maybe in the sun.

The right solution, of course, is for the cart to slow until the oncoming cart has passed then move towards the other lane to make room and for the walkers to converge to a single-file line near the edge of the MMP.

Unfortunately, these days common courtesy is not as common as it ought to be and compromise is too often seen as losing.