I do the following as I approach clueless pedestrians:
1. :single ding of bell:
2. :double ding of bell:
3. :begin 2.0+/- 0.2 Hz unending dinging of bell:
4. Swerve around them while firmly stating “BIKE LANE” at them as they look up from their phones, mortified that there is a world around them, and wonder what is happening
...I have also discovered another trick. If you’re cycling and you make eye contact with a group of oncoming pedestrians in a wide clump taking up the whole MUT, they will not move. They assume “ah, he saw me, he’ll move around me so I can just stay where I am hogging the whole trail. Not my problem!”.
BUT! If you notice them... and then avert your gaze, when they see that you aren’t looking directly at them, they assume “oh, I have to move I guess” AND THEY MOVE. It’s pure magic. I do this all the time now.
1. :single ding of bell:
2. :double ding of bell:
3. :begin 2.0+/- 0.2 Hz unending dinging of bell:
4. Swerve around them while firmly stating “BIKE LANE” at them as they look up from their phones, mortified that there is a world around them, and wonder what is happening
...I have also discovered another trick. If you’re cycling and you make eye contact with a group of oncoming pedestrians in a wide clump taking up the whole MUT, they will not move. They assume “ah, he saw me, he’ll move around me so I can just stay where I am hogging the whole trail. Not my problem!”.
BUT! If you notice them... and then avert your gaze, when they see that you aren’t looking directly at them, they assume “oh, I have to move I guess” AND THEY MOVE. It’s pure magic. I do this all the time now.