Doubtless a quick "excuse me" would've done the same.See my thread "First Ever Crash" - a few bell rings would have probably resulted in there being no need for such a thread today!
Crane Bell Suzu. Loud but pleasant tone, and surprisingly penetrating of headphones, ime.
Runcorn, HC 206 might apply;
"Drive (ride) carefully and slowly when... turning into road junctions; give way to pedestrians who are already crossing the road into which you are turning"
Paul Gannon laments that this rule is observed more in the breach in this piece for Camden Cyclists; http://camdencyclists.org.uk/info/tforum/pedestrianpriority (albeit talking about drivers rather than cyclists).
How did I know my penchant for ding ding bells would get a mention on here?No
You were correct - a bell is for girls (and Potsy)
Hey feller, no ones knocking you. Brown stuff happens.Yep Drago, if I'd done a lot of things differently it wouldn't have happened, but then "if my auntie had balls, she'd have been my uncle ..."
You were wrong though weren't you?As far as I was concerned she wasn't going to cross
ride at a speed appropriate to the more vulnerable road users around you certainly.....what am I supposed to do? Crawl along at 3mph "just in case?"
I have a bell & an airzound but I normally shout "coming through". With peds a bell or warning call always seems to apply to someone else so I compliment the shout with squealing brakes which tends to have a more immediate effect.
The airzound I use for cars not peds.
Do those who shout at pedestrians also shout at pedestrians when they themselves are walking?
You jest.Only if I am walking faster than they are... or at cyclists to let them know there is a dog around which has no sense of cyclists and is the size of a small horse... usually along one particular section where the dog's owner is the land owner and the route is a permissive bridlepath they are using, and at that point fenced in and quite narrow... Coming face to face with a male Irish Wolf hound which is larger than a minature shetland pony who has suddenly decided he needs to catch me up and is galloping like a horse can sometimes be a touch off putting...
I've had aggressive responses to a bell, to some its a "get out my way" signal. "coming through" is a more neutral warning.Do those who shout at pedestrians also shout at pedestrians when they themselves are walking?
"Excuse me please" even more so.I've had aggressive responses to a bell, to some its a "get out my way" signal. "coming through" is a more neutral warning.