Two solutions:Hell, I'd bet even Mike would agree the cycle **** was at fault.
Now here's a situation I wonder about. One of the multi-use paths I ride on has a very long and steep hill. It's a bitch to go up. But the problem is going down. At the bottom of the hill is a curve. It's wooded so in the warm seasons there's foliage blocking the view around the curve. So you can't see until you get down there if anyone is in the way. On the side of the path just after the curve is a bench.
Walkers, usually women, like to congregate in front of the bench, sometimes taking up the whole width of the path. I haven't hit anyone yet, but they're just asking to be hit. And if a rider hits them, the cacklers will prolly sue the rider. I've always been able to stop in time. It's just really stupid to take up the whole path, and very dangerous.
Going down that hill, you gain so much momentum, you don't want to break much because who wants to wear out their breaks? But I feel like I have to feather them a bit so I have room to stop in case there are hens cackling all over the path. A noob on that path wouldn't be aware of the propensity idiots to be gathered there. They might not ride their breaks down.
1. Install a mirror to see around the blind curve
2. Put up a sign instructing non-walkers to stay off the path / yield to those using the path