Mastodawn

So #BikeTooter seems very excited by this noise-cancelling headphone negating bell, but I don't get it. Pedestrians have priority. End of. They don't need to hear you. Many can't hear you even if they wanted to. Thinking that dinging a bell comes with an expectation of a clear run is no different to drivers honking a horn and expecting cyclists to get out the road. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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isol

@pete

That's a very narrow mindset - there are also cases where you wish to make people aware of your approach so that they can adjust or control their dogs or kids, so that everyone can equally enjoy the pathway equally safely and equally considerately.

You may also wish to gain their attention to, say, alert them that their crying baby has thrown a dummy, a shoe, and a bottle out of the pram over the past 100m - unnoticed because of the headphones.

If a headphone-wearing, middle-of-the-path jogger who you've been trying to pass, suddenly drops and starts doing pushups in middle of the path, would it be OK to use a bell then?