I find that a minority, when hearing that, instinctively take a step left before realizing that they need to move to the right.

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    15 hours ago

    Ah, I see. American English seems to use trail for almost any path that isn’t meant for vehicular traffic. Note that some historic routes through the West were inconsistently named in the 1800s, so the Oregon Trail was indeed through unpaved wilderness, but the Mormon Road was also unimproved.