Originally Posted by
terrymorse
It's not obvious to me. Where is that rule written? Is it called the "cyclists on the road have right of way" rule? Is it a regional rule?
Here's my rule: the cyclist that gets to the narrow passage first has right of way.
So in the case of a tie, you both go or neither of you goes? Good rule that.
Stopping in the road is way more likely to cause safety issues, so if I'm on the path, I'm letting him go first as basic courtesy, then cursing whoever it was who put this trap in the path.
That being said, I really don't recall ever encountering just this situation where a narrow gap and the intersection combine, and I ride on several dozen different paths in a year.