Common courtesy
I am a power walker and walk where there are sidewalks and if there are no sidewalks, I walk in the cart path either on the streets or the designated multi-purpose paths throughout the Villages. Most times I walk against traffic when in the streets and if I see a cart coming, I walk on the grass until the cart passes, then I continue back on the cart path in the street. On the multipurpose paths, I walk with traffic because there are many of the paths where walking against traffic is not safe as there are areas covered with trees, bushes and blind areas to cart drivers where you cannot jump out of the way of the cart coming towards you. I try to be a sensible, courteous walker, but unfortunately a lot of times, I am not extended the same courtesy from golf cart drivers. It's a matter of being a defensive biker, walker, jogger, skater, cart driver and all should be courteous to each other. It's called "share the road".
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