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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Path, sidewalk., trail etiquette:

- Stay on the right. Do not cross the middle unless you are passing someone.
- Pass on the left
- If passing, look behind you
- Keep your dogs on the right - ideally on the grass on the side to give pedestrians more room. Not on a retractable leash that's like a big diagonal clotheslines
- do not "thread the needle" (especially true if you're a cyclist). That is, do not squeeze in the middle of two people going in opposite direction. 
- if walking on a wide path, do not walk more than 2 abreast. No matter what, none of you should be walking past the middle of the path.
- pass with good clearance. 
- NEVER just stop on a path. Never ever. It's like driving. You "pull over." You don't just stop to check your phone
- have good sense of your surroundings. This means even knowing when people are behind you.

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I want to make this law in Rock Creek. On placards everywhere. [/quote]

Yes, please.  I thought of this thread while running this morning in Rock Creek, on the path along Beach Drive.  On my way out, I was approaching two people walking a dog on a retractable leash.  They were blocking the entire path, which is probably about eight feet wide.  When I was about 10 feet back, I called out, "runner on your left," and they moved just enough for me to pass.  I saw them again on my return run, so this time I was facing them and they saw me coming, and they didn't move at all.  I ran onto the grass, but come on.  It's really, really not that hard.[/quote]

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