‘Not everyone who's walking along the paths wants to hear people yelling at them,' says Jim Hanson

Cool, Jim. How does that solve the problem where bike bells trigger random reactions in pedestrians who start running in random directions like chickens with their heads cut off?

More than half the time, my bell causes absolute chaos while people are running around to prepare for my arrival.

If a cyclist bell doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone it’s a fucking liability. I’m better off not ringing a bell or yelling and just passing at a crawl when there’s room.

There are some public education options here that could get everyone on the same page. Until then, I’m gonna keep yelling.