What’s your trail IQ?

[Tim Kelley]

http://www.railstotrails.org/share-the-trail/quiz/#quiz

Thanks Rails to Trails.

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[Terpfan]

@Tim Kelley 122724 wrote:

http://www.railstotrails.org/share-the-trail/quiz/#quiz

Thanks Rails to Trails.

Number 7 is a trick question. My bell doesn’t work in the rain so it’s true I never use it in the rain.

[DrP]

100% woohoo!

Okay, to be pedantic, calling it an IQ test and then giving it a percentage isn’t strictly correct. 100 is a good IQ to have, but actually average. “What’s your Trail Knowledge” or some such thing would be a better title. Or, have it scored differently, like take the average and standard deviations around it to provide the score. (yes, I just want the genius ranking. )

And I recognize a lot of other trail users (cyclists, walkers and joggers) in the other answers. And there are one or two answers I would prefer to be correct.

[DCLiz]

They don’t tell you which ones you got wrong! I’m assuming “Staying home in the rain” is not the correct answer, but I was confused about the who yields to who question and would like to know what they were going for! Or maybe I got the one about how to pass a horse wrong. Who knows?

[DrP]

@DCLiz 122728 wrote:

They don’t tell you which ones you got wrong! I’m assuming “Staying home in the rain” is not the correct answer, but I was confused about the who yields to who question and would like to know what they were going for! Or maybe I got the one about how to pass a horse wrong. Who knows?

If you scroll down their page a bit, there should be their set of 6 trail etiquette tips. The questions were really gathered from there and you should be able to read those and figure out which were the correct answers.

[DCLiz]

@DrP 122729 wrote:

If you scroll down their page a bit, there should be their set of 6 trail etiquette tips. The questions were really gathered from there and you should be able to read those and figure out which were the correct answers.

I did! Which ones have to do with horses and yielding?

[DCLiz]

Ah OK, both of these addressed under the “Be Alert” tip (http://www.railstotrails.org/share-the-trail/be-alert/). Now I’m genuinely curious about the best way to pass a horse on bicycle! Please advise.

[Rod Smith]

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[Kitty]

Aside from the horse-yielding, which made me pause for a season, I’m pleased to report a 10/10. However the way it was worded, even if you didn’t know the trail rules in many instances the correct answer was easy to guess: it was the one that didn’t make you sound like a jerk! (Splashing everyone, “clothesline rule” etc.)

[mstone]

@Kitty 122763 wrote:

However the way it was worded, even if you didn’t know the trail rules in many instances the correct answer was easy to guess: it was the one that didn’t make you sound like a jerk! (Splashing everyone, “clothesline rule” etc.)

I think they call that a “push poll”

[Vicegrip]

got a 100 but I have to admit wanting to do some of the wrong answers at times.

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