Originally Posted by
jfowler85
Bingo. Trails are not definitively safer than roadways. Best time to MUP it is when hot/cold weather keeps all the recreational users at home/in a car. Worst time to use it is right after college kids return for the fall and when the weather turns agreeable.
Roads have defined boundaries which the vast majority of drivers respect. The presence of enforced law (albeit lacking many times) also helps. MUPs do not have this...people just generally do whatever they want, and there are not license plate numbers to report when someone commits an egregious act.
I think i can agree with that. Pedestrians absolutely have no idea what is going on around them. Dinging your bell means nothing yelling sometimes helps. I am certain if there were a cliff on the trail they would find a way of not paying attention and falling off of it!
Not trying to hijack it just touched a nerve!