> I bike most places, and the number of pedestrians (and other bicyclists!) who can’t hear my bike bell is astounding. I recently started to notice how many pe

> I bike most places, and the number of pedestrians (and other bicyclists!) who can’t hear my bike bell is astounding. I recently started to notice how many people - young and old - nowadays are walking on the wrong side of the road, i.e. in the same lane with other traffic in the same direction. As a kid I always learned you should be in the opposite lane, so you can monitor oncoming traffic coming towards you, jump out of the way if needed. A safety measure (4 watchful eyes instead of 2). I guess more than half of people no longer do that, and I wondered if that was also an effect of our self-centered, smartphone society: 'I can't be bothered to take note of you, but I expect you to take notice of me'.