Horn, Bell or Voice, how to warn others of your presence and intentions

[Jeremy McCreary]

Forgot to mention: I'm favoring bells with fewer moving parts these days. Recently broke a friend's Schwinn bell — the geared kind with multiple rings per throw of the lever — when a pedestrian suddenly veered in front of me. Hit the lever hard, and the mechanism never worked again.

Granted, it was a cheap bell, but not a very robust mechanism, either. The simple spring-loaded flick levers on my bell (below) will take a lot more abuse.