Mountain Bikers and Rollerbladers Share the Only Trail in a City

question 176

Multiple Choice

Mountain bikers and rollerbladers share the only trail in a city park.The city allows everyone into the park and onto the trail.The mountain bikers say the rollerbladers are a hazard to them; the rollerbladers say it's the other way around.Frequently there are collisions, and many injuries occur.What is the property rights problem?

• A)Rollerbladers do not have mountain bikes.
• B)Bikers do not have rollerblades.
• C)No one owns both bikes and blades.
• D)No one has property rights to the use of the trail.
• E)No one owns the park.

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