your doing it wrong*

Agree with it being useful in some situations, but find them annoying in most instances, as I find they are being used mostly by people who think just because they are on a bike and have a bell, they have the right of way over everyone else out there.

Having a bell has saved me from maiming several innocent bystanders.

Your annoyance is as nothing compared to the death of a family of whales, for example.