On Thu, 29 May 2008 10:23:02 GMT, Adrian Tritschler
<ajft64+noos@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in aus.bicycle:
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>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.
The advantage of a bell over any other method of warning is that
people still associate them with a bike. I tried a horn with a rubber
bulb that I bought 40years ago but all that did was frighten the ****
out of people which was not the desired result.
I would throw one of those tink tink bells away and replace it with
the 'old fa****oned' one with the rotary clapper they only cost a
couple of dollars and are well worth the money if you use cycle paths
a lot.
Regards
Dinsy
Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius
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