I typically ride on roads unless there is no road directly going where I am. For example, I'll cut through sidewalks across campus. The key to that, though, is that when I'm on the sidewalk, I'm a stranger in a strange land - sidewalks are for pedestrians. They get all the right of ways and I yield to them. When I'm on the road, I'm on my turf - I take my right of ways and I ***** about pedestrians who don't return my courtesy. Hehe