Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
I wonder why some people continue to use a so-called safety warning ("On Your left") knowing that the results of such "warnings" are often unpredictable at best and likely to provoke an unwanted/unsafe reaction.
Maybe because a lot of bike paths (or local laws, apparently) require "some type of audible warning" -- like I've said, I prefer careful observation and the element of surprise when passing people on bike paths.
I think "On your left" is better than "ZOOP ZOOP" but I'd be willing to bet it would work and also qualify as an audible warning. Does the law state how soon before passing you must give audible warning. Because if you do it right as your whizzing by, you could yell out "ZOOP ZOOP" as you fly by...therefore you'd be safe and in accordance with the law as well.