To the Editor:

My girlfriend and I are frequent walkers of the D & R Canal…so beautiful, pristine, serene, lots of wildlife, turtles, blue heron, so calming. Unfortunately, there are many on the canal who do not know the “rules of the road.” I’m speaking to the cyclists. We are often walking while they ZOOM by from behind, on our right, on our left, in the middle without announcing themselves and practically sideswiping us as they pass.

Might I offer a suggestion…when we bike, anywhere, we use a bell or a yell signaling “on your left” to let the walker know we are approaching. It just seems like common courtesy to do this, rather than scaring the dickens out of the walker by zooming by at a high rate of speed.

I would like to see a sign posted by the D&R, to assist cyclists in this endeavor. Something like…”If you have a bell please use it to notify walkers, if you do not, please give a yell upon approach.”

Robert O’Brien
West Windsor