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If I see a pedestrian in front of me, where he shouldn't be, and I still ride into him, then the collision is a result of my action, not his.
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Ah, but IF the pedestrian HADN'T been where s/he WASN'T suppose be to then they would NOT have been in any danger of being hit by anyone. So it's THEIR action (or lack thereof) that caused them to be hit.
As I've said before (I believe) on one of the main multi use/shared path here in St. Pete the Pinellas Trail. It is clearly marked that pedestrians are to remain on the right side and cyclists are to remain on the left side. The only "pedestrian" allowed to be on the cyclist side of the trail are runners and skaters. Otherwise pedestrians are required and expected to remain on their side of the trail. Also those who are walking dogs are required to keep their dogs on a leash no longer then 6'.
Today (04 August) while I was on the final leg of my ride there was a gal who was behaving in an irresponsible manner. She had a small dog on one of those stupid retractable leashes and was allowing it to run willy nilly all over the path, with it's leash stretched out across the path creating a trip hazard to other users.
If someone was jogging or cycling and got caught in the leash it would have been her fault for not having had better control of her dog.