Letter: On Rail Trail, Safety Rules Should Be Followed

To the editor:

I am writing about safety on . I ride there several times a week and notice that there are a lot of people who do not follow basic safety rules.

I have had people who walk on the left or in the dead center of the trail. I try to always pass on the left, but walkers are erratic and sometimes it is very hard to avoid a collision when they walk into my path unexpectedly. Ladies walk four or five abreast, blocking the entire trail, and I have to slow way down and ask them to let me pass. Others dart to the left towards the edge as I try to pass on the left. One lady suddenly stopped right near a crosswalk, blocking it while she fiddled with her electronic device! People use retractable leaches for dogs and do not keep them close and on the right side of the trail--another hazard.

I am a walker too, so I know the other side of the coin.... And sometimes I see bikers who do not follow the basic rules of road safety. Keeping to the right is printed on the rail trail rules and is the most important rule to follow.

Maybe if you print my comment others will see it and realize they need to stay to the right.... Oh, and thanks to the person who dragged the squashed possum off the trail last week!

Angela Drake

Hellertown