Originally Posted by CB HI
True, but I have no reservation in finding fault with a cyclist in traffic who does a U-turn without looking and causes an accident.
Same rules, same rights, same responsibilities; Road or MUP.
A MUP is not a road. On road you have all vehicles (excepting at intersections in crosswalks). On a MUP you have a mixture of vehicles that can easily cruise at 25 MPH mixed it with pedestrians. Not only that, a road is for transportation and a MUP is for recreations. It may very from MUP to MUP but but most have posted regulations stating that cyclists have to yield to all other trail users. This is also the standard NORBA rule of the trail. Some MUPs have posted speed limits. That's a blanket yield unlike on the road where all users are equal. If the cyclist in question had slowed to a reasonable overtaking speed then even if there were a collision, it would not have knocked the woman unconscious.
As always it is up to the overtaking vehicle to exercise all due caution when overtaking and only overtake when safe to do so.