I'm not bloomin' psychic!

[Maz]

I agree -except the shared path I use is more like the width of a road.

That's cos most yanks are the width of a road, too.

 

[Andy_R]

I was passing a group of horseriders yesterday along a fairly busy road. I didn't say anything as I went past and was told that I needed to shout beforehand...always thought that was a bit rude.

I was taught a long long time ago to call out to the rider as you approach, and to keep on talking/chatting as you go past. That way, the horse doesn't get spooked by a quiet, fast moving thing which could be a predator. Becasue you are talking, the horse recognises you as a strange shaped human with wheels instead of legs and stays fairly calm.

 

[Rancid]

I was taught a long long time ago to call out to the rider as you approach, and to keep on talking/chatting as you go past. That way, the horse doesn't get spooked by a quiet, fast moving thing which could be a predator. Becasue you are talking, the horse recognises you as a strange shaped human with wheels instead of legs and stays fairly calm.

sounds far more preferable than just shouting BIKE at the top of your voice as you approach the rear of 1/2 ton of easily spooked muscle.

 

[the reluctant cyclist]

I use a cycle path with a right angled corner. At one side is one of those metal railings they use to stop pedestrians walking into the road. At the other side is a fence belonging to the house at the corner. I have a fear of meeting a bike coming at speed on the corner and have taken to shouting "Bike!" as I approach. I don't know what the householder must think, or whether anybody else does the same. By and large I'm a reluctant cycle path user, preferring the road.

This bit happend to me - on a sort of strange cycle/road type path thing in the middle of a council estate - I was really going for it (for me - remember my user name) and doing about 18 mph - I had just looked at my computer - met another nutter coming the other way - no time to swerve/brake nothing - I hit the side of him but for me it was head on - I somersaulted over the handlebars, and landed on my back - how I got up I will never know. My legs were tangled up with all the cogs and for about 5 weeks afterwards I had a cog shaped scar on my calf! I also cracked a rib and took half the skin off my back!

I have to say though I have gone around that corner again a few times and it is so blind that there's not really anything that you can do except shout "coming through" or something!

Luckily the council have now changed the layout but I do ring my bell a bit nowadays to warn of my approach! I've noticed a lot of people do it going into the tunnels on the canal too!

 

[SomethingLikeThat]

That's cos most yanks are the width of a road, too.

Not sure we as a country are getting any better though.

I was taught a long long time ago to call out to the rider as you approach, and to keep on talking/chatting as you go past. That way, the horse doesn't get spooked by a quiet, fast moving thing which could be a predator. Becasue you are talking, the horse recognises you as a strange shaped human with wheels instead of legs and stays fairly calm.

OK, I will do in future. Fortunately I don't come across horse riders very often.