--- In [email protected], Bob Wood <bobdotw...@...> wrote: > > 2009/8/3 Adrian Stott <re...@...>: > > Here, we have the chance to set a sensible rule. If its gets > > generally embraced, towpath walkers can do a lot to enforce it > > themselves (by always moving to the water side of the path). No, always moving to the non-water side of the path. Since recklessness and speed are sometimes related to certain cyclists, and never to walkers, it would seem reasonable that walkers should be protected. As far as moorers are concerned, mooring pins will always be on the water side, and the same applies to fishermen. > > But we have already seen disagreement on what the "sensible" rule > should be, so it's hardly likely to be "generally embraced. So how did driving on the left hand side of the road come about? By discussion? Probably. By being "generally embraced"? No! By it becoming an enforced rule, and becoming part of the highway code.
ISTM there's no reason why BW shouldn't create a rule (byelaw?) saying cyclists should pass other users on the water side of a towpath, slowing down as necessary to do so.
