http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Bell Etiquette - Recent Topics en Sun, 31 May 2026 19:37:47 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5071#post-53816 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:36:29 +0000 559 53816@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Had a intersting encounter tonight on the way home... started with a bell. Unfortunately not a song.</p> <p>Iam cycling through the closed section of Russell Road behind a pedestrian, cyclist behind me.<br /> The pedestrian stops, I start to pass, cyclist behind me starts ringing their bell 4 or 5 times. This concerned me in two aspects, firstly the pedestrian may react to the bell and move in my way, secondly was something wrong with my bike, lights or something. </p> <p>Consequently I stopped and challenged him on the number of rings, once he had taken out his earphones, tried to explain my point, which was ignored/dismissed as in his opinion I had a bad day. </p> <p>For my part I apologise for the tone of our subsequent discussion.</p> <p>My main point of this tale, is that a bell ring should only be used for blockages or potentially hazardous move by a pedestrian, and should only be one or two rings.</p> <p>Iam I right in this approach? </p>