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Originally Posted by tomwed
I agree with you. Outside of The Villages in many places all you have is the road. And the far right side of the road has all the grates, nails, broken glass and litter. So it's best to take over the lane. But inside of The Villages, for me it is safer on the paths. If you catch me, I'll pull over and let you pass me. It's my guess that Village people are not used to driving with bikes and it's a little late to educate most of them.
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Riding the multimodal paths is perfectly fine. As a matter of fact, I often do so, on those rare occasions that I ride in TV. The same safety principles apply to riding paths. As far as educating drivers to how bicycle riders should behave around them, the way we ride our bikes does exactly that. Whether we intend to, or not, we condition people to expect to see, what they are accustomed to seeing.
Ride, be safe, and have fun!