crazy pedestrians

[KnottedYet]

"on your left" confusion...

Just add one word to make it clear;
"PASSING ON YOUR LEFT"

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

"on your left" confusion...

Just add one word to make it clear;
"PASSING ON YOUR LEFT"

To me, riding with the wind in my ears, it would just mean I hear
"(mumble mumble) LEFT!" instead of "(mumble) LEFT!".
Most people simply don't call things out clearly or loudly enough.
I prefer something like "Bicycle passing you!" or "bike coming" along with my bell.
I find people don't have time to interprete instructions dealing with right and left. But most people do instinctively guess that you are going to pass them on their left side, just like with cars.

[7rider]

..well, a few days with my bell in my commuter.
So far, the experiment has failed. Peds seem to ignore the bell as much as "On your left" (or "Passing on your left" or "Hi, I'm coming up behind you!" or any myriad other phrases I'll call out). Of course, folks with earbuds crammed in their ears can't hear anything, so it's all rather pointless. Just extra care and slow speed around peds seems to do the trick.

[CyclChyk]

so me yelling "heads up!" probably isn't a good idea but it gets me the exact same results as "on your left!" - they step in front of me or stop dead in their tracks......

[KnottedYet]

I want a bell, anyway.

On the Seattle TE ride, someone up ahead (Salsa?) had a bell. It was great, cuz I was riding sweep and if I heard her bell I knew there was something up ahead for me to watch out for.

'sides, they're cute!

[RoadRaven]

I yell "bike back"

I think pedestrians just dont expect bikes to be going as quickly as we do... we are like the stealth bomber - silent and swift!