Friday 25 June 2010

Still a bit of confusion over "two tings" bike guidance on the Regent's Canal, London

I had a funny experience on the canal this morning which I can share with you as I had helmet cam on. Being the good citizen I now am, I was dutifully tinging away as I made my merry way down the canal in the beautiful sunshine.

I went past the two lady joggers you see first with no problem. But when it came to the men - well, it was just odd that the reaction on hearing the tings was to run diagonally across the path. I kind of guess he was thinking "I have to get out of the way" while I was thinking "I'm just warning them I'm here". I sort of think this is probably the source of all canal conflict. In fact it's probably how most wars are started - unclear intentions and misinterpretion. Discuss.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah, that usually happens to me and it makes me feel very uncomfortable as more often than not, there was no need for them to move :/

Oh well, ce la vie

KarmaCycle said...

Yes - and that makes me reluctant to ting at all sometimes... perhaps we should invent a two-tone ringer - one just to say you're there, and one to tell someone they need to take action. Nah, won't catch on ...