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Originally Posted by midiwiz View Post
Last I checked there is no Florida law that states you have to face traffic. As for the rest I can definitely appreciate all the sarcasm in the posts! (by the way you left out the drinking part LOL)
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
In that case, let me make everyone "aware":

Florida Statute 316.130 sec 4:

(4) "Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall, when practicable, walk only on the shoulder on the left side of the roadway in relation to the pedestrian’s direction of travel, facing traffic which may approach from the opposite direction."
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
MMPs are not highways, or even roadways. They're private non-vehicular multi-modal paths. Diamond lanes on public roads do apply, but the private MMPs that are off of the roads entirely do not.
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
Do I need to clarify further, or is the sequence of posts sufficient????
First of all, THANK YOU for taking time to use the multi-quote feature, AND using it correctly. Broken quotes, copy/pasta, and responses to unknown posts, bug the heck out of me. So thank you.

Second - I was responding with respect given to the topic of the thread, which is pedestrians on MMPs. Unless otherwise specified, I assumed people were responding in kind.

As such - there is no Florida state law requiring pedestrians to face traffic on a privately owned MMP.