| https://www.ontario.ca/page/bicycle-safety We are required to have a bell in Ontario. Ontario, at the minimum, asks us to ring a bell, or verbally communicate, when we are passing people. I've lost count of the amount of people walking abreast taking both sides of a shared path. I've lost count of the amount of times I've rang a bell in vain to inform them of intent to pass. I've lost count of the amount of times I've tried verbally communicate in vain, to inform of intent to pass. And then these path users, completely oblivious of what's going on, act like I'm the villain when I do pass them despite doing what is required of me. Some even had holler back saying that I should have ran a bell, or tell them. If one's using a shared path, don't use headphones that completely block outside sound. If one wants to meditate, then get off the shared path. |