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08-21-19, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MattTheHat

This shocks me. When I say "on your left" very high percentages of people apparently hear that as "move left" because that's what they generally do. So I stopped announcing for a while and just relied on slower speed and getting as far over as I can.

Recently I've been saying "coming around" and that seems to work much better, but some still move to the left and whip around in confusion.

I say "passing on your left". Putting the verb in seems to help. I think "On your left" is inherently confusing, and even "I'm on your left" would be better.

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