TAKING SEVERAL loops on my bike around the Rappahannock Heritage Trail and Canal Path in the city, I witnessed humanity on a personal scale.
What I mean is that 95 percent of the people I saw went to the trouble of following the ârules of the roadâ by staying on the right side of the path as they traveled.
The other 5 percent were oblivious, spreading their strollers, dogs on leashes or large groups all the way across the asphalt path.
And to make it worse, some of them had headphones on or earbuds in, so they couldnât even react to the bell I use to alert them that a bike is approaching, or the loud âOn your left!â call delivered as I approach.