FrengaX wrote:
PERIL OF HEADPHONES EXPOSED AFTER GIRL CYCLIST DIES IN CRASH
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/...-dies-in-crash

Same story here.
http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/...ter___s_death/

If you don't want to read the whole story, here it is in a nutshell:
Cyclist wearing headphones, rides straight out of a junction, slams
into lorry, and dies.

Scarily enough, if you do a search in the words "cyclist inquest
headphones" there are a worryingly large number of hits (though many
duplicates). It's a similar madness as drivers who insist on using
their hand-held phones while driving.

Nothing wrong with bikes/cycling, but a little sense of self-
preservation is definitely worth while.

Look up 'ipod zombie' for a bit of a laugh.
One I saw the other day was texting with both hands while cycling the wrong
way along a one way road.