With the speed of many golf carts, and the all too common reality of careless and incompetent driving, I believe it is patently unsafe for anyone to walk or run with the flow of traffic. And it isn't just the riders who can cause a problem. Last year, driving my cart I approached a cyclist. Ahead of him was a clear path except for someone walking their dog in the same direction. As the cyclist went to pass the walker he almost crashed because the walker didn't know he was coming and allowed the dog to wander out into the cyclist's path. For good reason, universal rules of the road are to walk facing traffic whenever there are motorized vehicles. As a poster above says, bike paths in other states post signs to that effect, using the same logic that a bicycle can cause serious injury if it comes up behind someone on foot and someone makes a 'false move'.
The other problem is that no one seems to know for sure what is expected here in TV. The SHARE campaign is a great idea and doesn't need to be changed. It should just include signs in every path segment which direct those on foot to face traffic.
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