Originally Posted by
themp
On the weekends our Greenway/MUP is very crowded and lots of people use the whole path walking with dogs, strollers, or whatever. I have stopped announcing my pass if it looks safe(I go slow). If I do announce it seems to cause panic with the group and they all scatter in different directions. Yesterday a group of four people, walking a dog and a stroller had the whole path blocked. I decided to slowly go to the right of them on the grass and one guy in the group yelled at me as I passed: "Would be nice if you announced on your right!" So, not sure if you can always win by announcing or not.
Yup, quite a few times it's been a damned if you do/damned if you don't for me. I've seen the "scatter" situation quite a few times. It's mostly the walkers/talkers that always seem lost and quite a few think that conversing while straddling both lanes is ok. Then you have the really lost people on their phones. Announce or not, nothing fazes them. Lost in their own little world. SIGH