Originally Posted by bfromcolo
OK pet peeve of the day. When I am approaching someone from the rear I always let them know I am coming. I have a mirror and rarely get surprised when someone is passing, but it still ticks me off when they don't let me know in advance they are passing. This is on a bike trail. So do you always tell people when your sneaking up on their rear?
No. I don't. I stay to the right, and I expect to be occasionally passed myself. It's simply being aware of your surroundings. I did scare a lady the other day who chastised me for the above - (I apologized to be nice), but I don't feel a normal "pass" merits an audio alert every time.
Maybe on a cold desolate path in the middle of nowhere I might say "your left" so as not to scare anyone, but any other normal day it's an expectation to have other traffic around.