Pete1d ago
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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Show threadnick1d ago
@pete ah it's more not scaring the shit out of people, even if you're passing responsibly with heaps of room on an explicitly shared trail sometimes people jump a mile and yeah maybe don't wear noise cancelling headphones if you're going to get spooked but ...
Show threadJTW1d ago
@nickzoic @pete speaking as both a pedestrian and occasional cyclist, it seems like a headphone-penetrating "on your left"/"on your right" would be more useful than just a bell.
Show threadBruce D Porter1d ago
@jtwcornell91 @nickzoic @pete and still they step Infront of you....
If they walked on the right (as per HWC #2, and applied that to shared paths, then we would have zero issue.
Especially when confronted by a group, who you pre advise with a ding and then half go left z half go right, followed by both sets thinking the other is right and swapping sides multiple times.
Mean while their short arsed dog dives between your wheels :⁠-⁠)
frasier22h ago
Show threadJon PENNYCOOK
@ytc1 @jtwcornell91 @nickzoic @pete pedestrians can do what they like on a shared use path, one of many reasons why segregated infra is important (see LTN 1/20 and its predecessors)
Apr 8 at 7:43pmWeb
Show threadAllpoints12h ago

@jonpsp @ytc1 @jtwcornell91 @nickzoic @pete a simpler word for "shared use path" is "sidewalk" (pavement). It's fascinating to me that cities freak out about people cycling on the sidewalk and then implement "shared use paths".

And to be clear, riding on the sidewalk is bad. Don't do that.
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Show threadJon PENNYCOOK12h ago
@allpoints @ytc1 @jtwcornell91 @nickzoic @pete My local council used to regard cyclists as a danger to other road users, hence all the shared use paths and Cyclists Dismount signs (putting them up even after those signs were supposedly banned)
Show threadBruce D Porter11h ago
@jonpsp @allpoints @jtwcornell91 @nickzoic @pete I must admit, I treat a dismount sign as "go at walking pace, and get out of walkers way"
Show threadnick3h ago
@ytc1 @jonpsp @allpoints @jtwcornell91 @pete I regard them as meaning "there are hazards, if you fall off here you've only yourself to blame"