Who has the right of way where trails meet roads? It depends

[OakLeaf]

I didn't mean to suggest that I'm not friendly or polite or grateful the first, second or even third time I indicate that a motorist should proceed (no matter what I might say about them later when they can't hear!). It's the motorists who insist on berating me, not the other way around! And I confess to expressing my irritation when it goes on for more than 30 seconds. I just want to get across the street.

Someone just got rear-ended a little bit north of me the other day when they'd stopped randomly for some pedestrians not in a crosswalk. Thankfully the passenger's injuries were relatively minor and neither the rider nor the pedestrians were hurt at all, even though their motorcycle wound up under the car. But if it had been another car rather than a motorcycle, chances are it would've been pushed right into the pedestrians. Exactly why I refuse to cross in front of one of those cars. It's usually what I say if I have to say something to them: "If you get rear-ended, we both get flattened."