Skewer wrote:
> Plodder wrote:
>> "Adrian Tritschler" <ajft64+noos@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:kgrk5hdflxs.fsf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> <SNIPPED LOTS OF STUFF>
>>> Have had this happen quite a few times, ride up behind pedestrians and
>>> call out (loudly) *BIKE!* or "KEEP LEFT PLEASE". Due to pervesity,
bad
>>> cases of get stuffed, or general perveseness they ignore you, or leap
>>> left, or leap right, then scream abuse telling you to get a bell.
>>> Obvious that they have heard, equally obvious that they don't give a
>>> damn or just want to be angry. AFAICT the various road laws state "An
>>> audible warning device such as a bell". My voice can be louder, more
>>> expressive and more controllable than any tink-tink bell and I'll be
>>> willing to argue that with any magistrate.
>> <SNIPPED MORE>
>>> Adrian
>>
>> A bell can be more effective than a voice. In a park, or other public
>> space (where shared paths often go through), people's natural filters
>> will often filter out voices (there are many of them around). They
>> will be more alert to a bell, which is not a part of the continuous
>> background noise of voices.
>>
> <snipped even more>
>
> And here's the proof of the power of the bell
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtv2_-2mHck
> (in Japanese- no translation, sorry)
>
> Even in a supermarket!
>
> --
> Pete.B
Love the bit on the escalator. What were they thinking was coming up
behind?
Moike
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