Originally Posted by
noglider
Bike laws have hardly been enforced in this part of the country until recently. I've even heard of citations for not having a bell. That never would have happened before.
I've heard that Port Authority police have recently ticketed some people on the George Washington Bridge for not having bells. I've hear people in NYC have been cited. Even if it happens, I suspect the risk (overall) is very low.
Originally Posted by
noglider
You're probably right that it will annoy me. As for what use it offers, think of bear bells.
I got the similarity to bear bells. The assumption there is that the bears will hear it from fairly far off and that they will hear the bells before you even see the bear. Not the same sort of thing expected when dealing with pedestrians.