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What do you call out when you come up behind pedos?
I usually say "on your left" when I'm in none-shouting distance unless there
is a wind that requires shouting. Almost all the multiuse trails around here have rules posted that specifically say everyone should move on the right except when passing. Most of the runners using the trail are aware of this common etiquette. Of course, some neither read the rules or are aware of common trail etiquette. So I always slow up when there's someone who doesn't appear to be moving in a predictable manner. Occasionally I'll come up behind someone walking on the left side of the trail, and I'll call out "on your right" |
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What do you call out when you come up behind pedestrians?
I only recently rediscovered bicycling and that there are LOTS of nice
MU paths winding their way thru the city. I try to avoid tmes when there are lots of joggers and dog walkers out but on some paths, they just cant be avoided. I'll say "on your left" or "passing on your left", unless they are familiar people. Commuting cyclists tend to see the same dog walkers, joggers, etc. often. I'll say "Good morning" or "Another nice day, huh?" to these people. I do not find bells to be helpful. The sound can be difficult to locate, and people may behave unpredictably until they figure out where you are. Bells are not as bad as those beepers on the electric carts in airports (I can never tell where that sound is coming from), but nearly so. David's exactly right. It's much easier to locate a voice. |
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What do you call out when you come up behind pedos?
"Hello!" works for me.
Comes across as more friendly than most of the alternatives, IMHO. Chris Neary "Science, freedom, beauty, adventu what more could you ask of life? Bicycling combined all the elements I loved" - Adapted from a quotation by Charles Lindbergh |
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What do you call out when you come up behind pedos?
"Onlooker" none@ What seems to get the best results to warn them you are passing? Get a... bell. It's a great attention getter... when approaching/passing. hth |
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What do you call out when you come up behind pedos?
Onlooker wrote:
I only recently rediscovered bicycling and that there are LOTS of nice MU paths winding their way thru the city. I try to avoid tmes when there are lots of joggers and dog walkers out but on some paths, they just cant be avoided. What seems to get the best results to warn them you are passing? I feel funny calling out "Bike!" because it sort of sounds like I am demanding the right of way or for them to yield ('get out of the way, I'm coming thru!). I've tried "Passing", "on your left" and others. I'm fondest of "on your left" because it indicates where / how I intend to pass, but MOST ESPECIALLY with dog walkers you just cant predict what they will do. Rather than simply moving over to the right (like you would in an auto), they might move to the left, or right, or my favorite, when there are 2 of them they might split and "yield" the middle. Recently, after I called out a warning, one slopehead mope in a duo each walking a dog felt compelled to stop dead and turn around like I might be lying or something. I was on the left, pointed to the left as I drifted even more left. Guess where the mope moved? How far back do you call it out? I cant seem to determine the optimum range: too far and they cant hear, too close and they irritated or paniced. TIA I say " excuse me" and pass very slowly, dogs and the very young don't understand any left~right type instructions ,as I am passing I usually make some pleasentary along the lines of "mornin' , "nice day " e.t.c.I am usually going quite slow so can shout "excuse me" rather than scream it.I prefer voice to bell as a bell tends not to be very directional (and in a strange way quite rude) they have (the walkers e.t.c.) as much right to use the path as you. I really can't see this whizzing along at 18 m.p.h. shouting out "on your left" (does that mean go to your left or I want to pass on your left?) then having to slam the anchors on when somebody/something does something unexpected, crashing, then coming on a newsgroup and whinging about the idiots on MUPs -- yours S (addy' not usable[not that you would try it anyway]) Illegitimi non carborundrum www.killies.co.uk/forums/index.php |
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What do you call out when you come up behind pedestrians?
I say nothing when I pass people. I just watch them very carefully and am ready to take evasive action in an instant. I've never hit anyone yet. On the rare occasion when someone is able to catch me loafing and pass, I'm fully aware of their presence. It irritates me that they think they have to announce themselves, as though I had no awareness of my surroundings. The surest way to cause trouble is to shout "on your left" or "on your right" and have them misunderstand and move the wrong way. Best to slip by them silently, so they can't react until you're past. Those who use those idiotic bells are Freds to the 10th degree. They're almost always old coots who think everyone is as impaired as they are. I'm too busy pushing myself in my workout, to have time for social interactions along the way. I'm beginning to see Fabrizio's point about how annoying fredishness is to serious riders. Steve McDonald |
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What do you call out when you come up behind pedos?
"MY BRAKES!!!! MY BRAKES!!!!!!!!! OMYGAWD --- WHOLLY SHIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKES!?!?!?!?!?!" Usually works just swell for me. |
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What do you call out when you come up behind pedestrians?
Steve McDonald wrote:
snip I'm too busy pushing myself in my workout, to have time for social interactions along the way. I'm beginning to see Fabrizio's point about how annoying fredishness is to serious riders. Steve McDonald Why would you be on a "Multi use path" if you were doing a workout? -- yours S (addy' not usable[not that you would try it anyway]) Illegitimi non carborundrum www.killies.co.uk/forums/index.php |
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What do you call out when you come up behind pedestrians?
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:15:45 GMT, Buck" u n k m a i l g a l a x y c o r p .
c o m @ wrote: as we passed to give a her a smile and thanks, but I startled her so bad that she almost fell off the path. As we rounded the bend, I came upon another cyclist who was resting in the shade, but looking the opposite direction. We managed to startle him so much that he jumped and let out an audible "oh!" Wow. Sounds like very jumpy people. I guess they weren't expecting others to be on the path. On that stretch, it would be polite to say something, then. we made. From now on, I will not assume that people can hear me coming and will call out. Perhaps I will be getting a bell.... Well, the silent treatment is supposed to work in that they don't know you're coming until you're gone. How about baseball cards in the spokes? That would alert people to the presence of a cyclist... BFG -Buck -- Rick Onanian |
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What do you call out when you come up behind pedestrians?
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 05:08:09 -0700, Steve McDonald wrote:
Those who use those idiotic bells are Freds to the 10th degree. They're almost always old coots who think everyone is as impaired as they are. Maybe you'll be lucky and never be an old coot yourself. But maybe you should consider the alternative. I'm too busy pushing myself in my workout, to have time for social interactions along the way. I'm beginning to see Fabrizio's point about how annoying fredishness is to serious riders. "Serious riders" have no business doing a "workout" on a multi-use path, unless your idea of a workout is less than 15mph. -- David L. Johnson __o | As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not _`\(,_ | certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to (_)/ (_) | reality. -- Albert Einstein |
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