| Re: New York wants to outlaw iPods for cyclers!?!?
Pat wrote:
> I fail to
>> see how a cyclist wearing earphones removes him from the environment
>> any more than a motorcyclist wearing a helmet, or a motorist in a
>> luxury car with the radio turned up.
>
> It's because the motorist is protected by a steel cage and the
> cyclist is many times more vulnerable. That's what makes it "stupid."
Ah, so not wearing headphones makes the rider impervious to this imbalance?
I use a mirror, and even that will very likely not prevent me getting hit
from behind should some dolt driver drift to the right. Cars /sound/ the
same whether they're in their lane or about to cream me.
Bill "I use ear buds, bud, but not the type that block out all sound" S.
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