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WHAT CONSTITUTES A “ROAD”?
James Beckwith James Beckwith

WHAT CONSTITUTES A “ROAD”?

I have occasionally been confronted in cross-examination by legal counsel insisting that there are legal differences between “trails” and “roads”. “RS 2477”, they argue, “requires a land route on which wagons and trucks may pass each other in opposing traffic – in other words, a road but not a trail”. Admittedly, a “trail” is a land route created by pedestrian or equestrian traffic moving in single file while a “road” is often considered a land route wide enough to accommodate a four-wheeled vehicle (wagon or truck). Nonetheless, I often cite to various legal authorities which do not support the attorney’s argument. Indeed, Colorado jurisprudence has been decidedly on my side…

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