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Thread ID: 109019 2010-04-20 21:41:00 Listen Up Ipod Cyclist Users Trev (427) PC World Chat
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878676 2010-04-21 02:32:00 I use an MP3 player while cycling to work in the countryside. Relieves the boredom of the trip. I don't have the volume so loud that I can't hear traffic approaching from behind. The earplugs allow background noise to come through just fine. Don't jump to conclusions about the situation. Who knows how loud she had the volume up? If she ignored the visual clues about a train approaching, perhaps she would have ignored audio clues as well, irrespective of using an ipod.

The same argument could be used for pedestrians using an MP3 player while crossing roads.

I was not jumping to conclusions. Just asking why somebody would use an MP3 player while cycling.
Ice Road Trucker (15659)
878677 2010-04-21 02:43:00 To listen to music is the first thing that comes to mind...

Had she not been using the MP3 player then she would still be alive. Is this not jumping to conclusions?
user (1404)
878678 2010-04-21 06:43:00 So you can put a face to the event

www.sunlive.co.nz
Jester (13)
878679 2010-04-21 06:45:00 It was either the police or traindriver who was at fault!

Can't be the train driver :p
pcuser42 (130)
878680 2010-04-21 06:59:00 Are iCyclists more dangerous to themselves than the regular kind are? R2x1 (4628)
878681 2010-04-21 07:06:00 Are iCyclists more dangerous to themselves than the regular kind are?

Definitely. :D
pcuser42 (130)
878682 2010-04-21 09:50:00 So you can put a face to the event

www.sunlive.co.nz

It's very sad that it happened. I am a cyclist but I never would and never will advocate wearing any sort of headset on a bike, despite what others may think it is one of the stupidest things you can do, it goes some way to proving Darwin's theory
gary67 (56)
878683 2010-04-21 22:02:00 Thats ok the govt will now get a law changed so we cant use ipods while cycling running etc Gobe1 (6290)
878684 2010-04-21 22:08:00 Thats ok the govt will now get a law changed so we cant use ipods while cycling running etc

Thats just being silly it took a long time just to get them to stop people holding onto phones and driving.
I agree with Gary its classic Darwin theory on survival of the fittest when people go cycling and listening to music.
prefect (6291)
878685 2010-04-21 22:11:00 Was actually meant to be silly Gobe1 (6290)
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