| Re: New York wants to outlaw iPods for cyclers!?!?
"Bill Sornson" <askme@ask.me> wrote in message
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> 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.
Exactly. I'm more likely to get hit in an intersection or parking lot than
from behind. I'm also more able to avoid those hits than I am able to avoid
being hit from behind, iPod or not.
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