If the path is regularly and frequently used by cyclists, then I think normal people expect bicycles to come up behind them and keep their wits about them.
That said, I also think it's polite to warn pedestrians, and when I don't have a bell, I do so by saying "Cyclist!", which works better than "on your left". It has the advantage of being just one word that is easily understood. There are nasty people on recreational trails from time to time, and I try to ignore them. OTOH, there are criminally clueless people, like the 2 young mothers walking blithely *toward* me one day, straddling both lanes, who were utterly oblivious to my approaching yells until I almost ran into them. On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 6:33 PM, 'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Do you think it's ok, when riding on the path, if you can pass a > walker/runner/family, safely with 3 feet to spare, to go by without > warning? That means not saying "on your left" or something else, or not > ringing your bell if you have one. I ask because I was riding my Roadeo > today (50 degrees here in KC!) and it doesn't have a bell yet. A bell is my > much preferred method of warning that I'm there. But I find that many > people are startled by a bell just as much as "on your left." Or they have > earbuds in and don't here you. Also, my experience with "on your left" is > that 50% of the people who hear that, move to their left. I ALWAYS ride > with the knowledge that pedestrians have the right of way, NO MATTER WHAT. > I give a wide berth to others, really slow down when there's a family, and > try to smile and be friendly. But the more I think about it, it really > seems to me that a warning of any type only works with about half of the > people out there. On the other hand, I passed a woman one day without > warning her, she was on the far right and I was on the far left, at least 5 > feet away, and she was pretty nasty about letting me know she didn't like > it. So sometimes it seems like you just can't win. What do you all think? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
