I missed the cycling version of the thread, so sorry for doing a necro on that topic if it isn't as important as hotdogs. From my personal perspective, hotdogs are very important and I don't cycle right now, so. . .
I will say, from my perspective, a bicycle or motorcycle rider has to assume they are about to be killed by idiots every moment of their ride. The president of my company was killed 3 years ago on a bicycle ride out in the country on less than busy roads when a vehicle hit him. To his family and my company, the loss of that person is very real. It happened on a Saturday in the early afternoon, so drunk driver is unlikely in the scheme of things, but the person ran from the scene and his death is unresolved.
When we used to be able to go to the beach for a vacation, the beach we chose was very bike friendly. I believe the paths were multi-use (i.e. bike section and people section, but no cars) and even the tourists (like me) would yield to people.
Having said that, my 'out in the country' neighborhood has recently been tripled in size due to a new building frenzy. Over the past year or two, apparently the middle of the road is where you walk, push the stroller, walk the dogs etc. I've always driven 25mph down the streets (35mph posted) as deer used to pop out all the time and even at 35mph, they damage cars and you ruin the deer's day. Now, I drive 25 until I get to a certain section and then go to 15 or stop while waiting on people to get out of the literal middle of the road. On occasion, I roll down the window and wave as they walk around my truck and just say 'sorry for the inconvenience, just trying to get home.' Its not a city, its out in the country. . . counted 7 deer in my yard when I got home. . .
I'm not sure if it is due to COVID or the new expansion, but walking down the middle of the road, with dogs or pushing a stroller with your kid in it is just friggin dumb. And there are at least 10 different groups that do it daily.
Sandy.