you have to assume pedestrians won’t be looking out for you anyway—because pedestrians includes children and people with impaired vision or movement.
True... though most of the pedestrians who walk out in front of me are doing so because they're turning round to talk to someone while texting, etc. :-} And the children who step out in front of me are usually being dragged by a parent who's on the phone at the time.
I am not sure why bikes bother having bells any more because EVERYBODY just has headphones on. I mean, I do have a bell, and I use it, but I used to get shouted at for using it, & now I really don't think anybody even hears it, I often have to resort to shouting "HEY!" instead.
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Date: 2010-11-14 02:59 pm (UTC)True... though most of the pedestrians who walk out in front of me are doing so because they're turning round to talk to someone while texting, etc. :-} And the children who step out in front of me are usually being dragged by a parent who's on the phone at the time.
I am not sure why bikes bother having bells any more because EVERYBODY just has headphones on. I mean, I do have a bell, and I use it, but I used to get shouted at for using it, & now I really don't think anybody even hears it, I often have to resort to shouting "HEY!" instead.