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A bell is always preferable to shouted warnings for two reasons.

1. If people fail to understand what is being said, people naturally turn towards the speaker, which means they will turn and probably move left, like the elderly victim did.

2. Anything that includes the word "left" is a bad idea. Pedestrians are asked to react in less than a second, and even assuming the message comes across clearly as "Passing on your left" (rather than "NUR LEFT!") there will always be an unacceptably high rate of errors where they move left.

"On your left" is cool racer talk, but it's bad communicating.

p.s. I meant to check "bell" for the trail, but forgot.

by Matt C on Jun 12, 2012 9:50 am • link • report

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