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Old 08-12-2025, 10:58 AM
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I walk facing traffic on MMPs but it feels wrong to me. As a pedestrian, it feels more like an oversized sidewalk that allows golf carts. Of course when I'm in my golf cart, driving on the right side feels totally legit, and the MMP feels exactly like an MMP.

When I'm riding my bike, I keep to the right. If a golf cart is behind me, approaching the back of my bike and about to pass me, and I'm about to approach a pedestrian who is facing me and coming toward the front of my bike, WHO yields for whom? Do I have to veer over to the grass? Does the pedestrian need to step off into the grass? Does the golf cart have to NOT pass me and just wait for me to pass the pedestrian? Do we signal to each other which of us is going to go in which order? Or do we all just shut our eyes and hope for the best?