Originally Posted by
MichaelW
There is no right answer. Pedestrians are totally unpredictable and whatever you do is wrong. If you shout, you are being rude. If you use a bell you are being rude. If you warn people of your presence, they jump across the road like headless chickes or cower by the side till the "danger" has passed. If you approach a group and one person sees or hears you, they wont tell the others. If you approach a couple, they do the
Split-S manouvre so you have to ride between them. If a dog hears you bell, he wont tell his owner to reel in the lead.
+1 on the no right answer.
On Sunday, I started my 10 mi am ride on MUP. Had a couple on matching bikes ahead. He was riding to the right of MUP. She was slowly weaving behind him across the entire width of the MUP. Dinged my bell a couple of times, finally yelled OYL, and as she weaved to right I started my pass. I was nearly abreast of her, when she started to weave right into me. Rode off onto to the grass to keep from crashing. I looked over at her, wanted to say something, and noticed she had hearing aids. Dead batteries? Turned off? I don't know. Didn't say anything. Would she have heard or understood anyway?