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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry man, this is a you thing. You do not get right of way because you're faster. If you are running on a trail or sidewalk or something, and you come up on someone moving slowly, walking a dog, taking up the whole sidewalk, and you can't get around them, then YOU need to slow down or fully stop and wait for them to proceed. They have just as much of a right to the sidewalk as you do and the solution is right there in front of you: Stop or slow down. It's not like they're blocking the whole trail taking a nap for 30 mins. Stop, say excuse me, and get around them as you're able. Then you can keep running. If your workout is too precious for that, then go run on a track somewhere. [/quote]

So it’s ok for a pedestrian to take up the whole sidewalk? Other pedestrians have to slow down or stop so the slower pedestrian doesn’t have to move to one side of the sidewalk? Do slower people have the right to the whole sidewalk? Why?

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I'm the PP (and for what it's worth, I don't have a dog and never had, contrary to other posters assumptions).

Sometimes, pedestrians take up the whole sidewalk, yes. There are lots of sidewalk spots near my house where it narrows down and two people walking closely together would take up the whole sidewalk. So, a person in a wheelchair would take all the space. A person with a dog, even on a short leash, would take up all the space. A person pushing a stroller or a person holding a slow moving toddler's hand (those last two, yes, are often me) will take up the whole space. But as I noted in my post - they're not taking a nap! No, it's not okay to sit there and not move, sidewalks are for traveling on. But if some people are moving more slowly, and the appropriate thing to do in a society is to slow down, say "excuse me," (of course the other folks should move to the side if there is room) get past if possible, and wait your turn if it's not.

Why? Because they, by definition, were there first. They have just as much right to use the sidewalk slowly as you do to use it quickly. You have to wait your turn. You both have a right to use the sidewalk, but you DON'T have a right to yell ON YOUR LEFT and send everyone scampering out of the way so you can run at full speed. As I mentioned, the words you're looking for are "excuse me."[/quote]

What should one do when the slower person is wearing headphones as in the OP and cannot hear you saying excuse me? Wait till the song is over? Tap the person on the shoulder? That would go over so well. Wave?

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PP here. I will agree that someone with headphones on so loud that they cannot hear a person right next to them say "excuse me" loudly is also being rude (in addition to putting themselves in danger since they can't hear car horns, shouted warnings, etc).

In that case, if someone wearing headphones is moving slowly and taking up the whole sidewalk, you can either navigate carefully around them if possible, give them a chance to walk through to a wider section (if it's just a few feet away) or, yes, get their attention by tapping on the shoulder or waving at them. What's the alternative, hip checking them?

Someone else being rude doesn't give you a pass to also be rude. [/quote]

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