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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
The whole reason pedestrians face traffic, is so THEY can move out of the way of oncoming traffic, if needed. If they didn't have to worry about that, then they'd just walk WITH traffic instead of facing traffic. That's the point.
If you want to REALLY say "I have the right of way, I can walk however I please, all those vehicles are required to move out of my way" then walk with the flow instead of against it.
I do that on the MMPs because I'm sharing the path with my fellow non-vehicles and pay attention to my surroundings, and feel comfortable in my decision. On streets, I walk facing traffic because 1 - it's smart, and 2 - it's the law.
An MMP is really just a widened glorified sidewalk. Pedestrians walk on the right of a sidewalk, not the left. So that's what I do on MMPs. But I also recognize that "right of way" doesn't matter AT ALL, because I'm at risk of injury no matter which side of the MMP I'm walking on, if a drunk golf cart driver is swerving around. It is MY responsibility, therefore, to make sure I am safe.
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“An MMP is really just a widened glorified sidewalk“
really don’t know what vehicles are do you or description of road. Just cause the districts mis label it don’t make it true. Path where cows walk or wild animals walk down. Which may be true on MMP that mislabeled. It should be labeled MMR cause vehicles do travel down it. There more types vehicles that cars and trucks. Vehicle is general term for transportation devices.
Florida has established rules of the road for all blundering down them.