Originally Posted by
Steve B.
I've stopped using this phrase as about 50% of the time, the person I am calling out too interprets it as a request to move left, which they then do and is not what I want. "Passing" seems to work better, they almost always move right.
It probably is more of an area specific sort of thing. In highly frequented bike paths in Southern California one ring from a bell gets people to shift toward the shoulder but other places might not know what it means. I did think that "on your left" was more universal but I've not ridden too many places so others would know better.