Originally Posted by
bigvegan
Get a decent bicycle bell. They're loud, noticeable, and can fill a spaced-out driver with the panic that he's about to run over an 8yr old girl, so he/she will instinctively be more careful than he/she would if it was just another annoying cyclist.
If the driver is A) on a cellphone or B) has the windows rolled up C) has an Ipod on or D) All of the above they ARE NOT going to hear a bicycle bell. Some of them are so oblivious they cannot see or hear an Ambulance on their back bumper, yes I have seen it happen...more than once.
Aaron