One of the roadways I have to use while commuting home is called Singing Hills Blvd. 4 lanes in a very bussy commercial area of town, 35 mph, traffic usually travels above that. There is a multi-use rec. path running parellal with Singing Hills. It crosses & intersects with the entrances to the commercial businesses. Which include Wal-Mart, a hotel, numerous reseraunts, a truck stop, etc.

There is an unenforced city ordinance that states if there is a rec. path parellal with a roadway cyclists are to use the path.

From experience I have this to be more dangerous then riding on the roadway. So I always ride on the street. Traffic is not expecting a cyclist to be on the path when they turn to enter the commercial businesses.

In your opinion, & aside from violating this unenforced law is there anything wrong with doing this?

I am asking for opinions here, feel free to state what ever you wish on this matter.