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Re:EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Monday September 05, 2022 @09:43AM (#32724207)
> As a cyclist there isn’t really any good way to reliably avoid startling a pedestrian in a mixed environment.

Why couldn't you just ask (or require) bicyclists to use bells or horns of some sort? Pedestrians would get used to the noise after a while.

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Re:EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted by consp on Monday September 05, 2022 @10:00AM (#32724365)
As an example; That has worked fine for at least a century since bells were introduced as a requirement on bicycles in the 1900's around here (yes that is no typo). Pedestrians are usually annoyed but do notices the cyclist and that's what you want to achieve.
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Re:EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted by krisoft on Monday September 05, 2022 @02:43PM (#32727720)
I don’t understand the facination with the bell. In what way would it help with the situation as described? Do you think it would startle the pedestrians less than the human voice?
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Re:EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted by usrusr on Monday September 05, 2022 @12:39PM (#32726261)
Bells have zero effect on pedestrians. Bells are required where I live and I repeat that experiment a lot.
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