Originally Posted by DnvrFox
I think the common statement, "On your left (right)" is very confusing to pedestrians and even to beginning cyclists. It gives no information as to what to do next to the hearer. Sort of:
Bicyclist: "On your left."
Pedestrian: "So what?"
Yeah, as a pedestrian that and "behind you" and such always bugged me - after a moment of being startled I'd flounder a bit wondering if I was expected to go a particular direction, and which direction that was. Actually I've always had to stop a moment to determine right/left - my brain never got wired for right/left somehow. I just use "excuse me" or the bell myself, since passing is always instinctively on the left in the US. Preferably the (soft/polite) bell. I suspect not everyone will have the same preferences though. You can't please all of the people all of the time.
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Last edited by bkrownd; 07-31-04 at 04:38 PM.