Originally Posted by
NOS88
Make a real effort to alert people, be predictable, and realized that to some extent it doesn't matter what you do; some people just won't understand. There will be accidents.
^^^This. No way around it.
Originally Posted by
NOS88
Whenever, I've seen them blow those whistles as an alert (and they are loud) people tend to stop dead in their tracks. No move to the left and no move to the right. The interesting thing is that about half of them are annoyed that someone blew their whistle at them.
A lot of folks in my cycling club -- especially (surprisingly) the "A Level" riders -- have started using a bell as a warning device. It's pretty funny seeing these badass top-of-the-line racing bikes with a little metal "Hello Kitty" bell mounted on the bars...but I've noticed pedestrians can't help but react favorably to the warning from behind. How can you get annoyed by the almost benign but definitely audible "ding-ding-ding" coming from a bell?