Originally Posted by
electrik
Well, like you said... the path has a marked centre divider on it.
If the group had been following the rules then no big deal, everybody walks/rides away fine. Unfortunately people on the MUP just don't follow the very simple rules. Should you slow to a crawl on blind corners? No... obviously that is not practical nor required by the MUP rules, but the reason you feel guilty is probably because you feel you could have been more cautious. Because people do stupid things like take up the whole pathway on a blind corner. Objectively it is not your fault, this sort of circumstance happens a lot, but next time i'd slow down for that same corner because getting into a crash is a gamble.
I hope you stood up for yourself, don't let the parents heft their guilt onto you - because they were the ones breaking the rules.
This is an interesting bit I left out. The father didn't do much more than give me a dirty look until he said it was okay for me to go. The other on-lookers asked ME first if I was okay. (I landed splayed-out on the concrete, and pretty hard too) MY first response was directed to the girl to make sure SHE was alright. Nobody there in person beat me up over it, I had to come to BF to get that kind of treatment.