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Originally Posted by D as in David
I was riding my bike around the reservoir yesterday - on the shared path - and two older ladies were walking towards me. One fully on each side of the solid yellow line and, in effect, taking up 3/4s of the path. I rang my bell multiple times to make sure they had seen me (they had). They didn't alter their path. I started yelling "Share the lane". No change. This was the path they were taking and no one was moving them; even if it put them in harm's way.
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Lately I hate it when I'm not sure if the pedestrian heard my bell or not. I usually ding from pretty far back to give lots of notice and not startle people, and so I can ding again if they don't give any indication that they heard - though the double ding feels a little aggressive when they are simply walking straight down the middle of the lane (because they really don't need to do anything aside from not move to the left).
Today I dinged and the ped moved to the right...but then they came back towards the middle just as I approached. I slowed down a bit and it was too late to ding again, but I rode past thinking they probably thought I was an ####### who didn't ding, when really I'm just an ####### who does use my bell.