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.

note that the accident happened after she left the safety of a cycle lane.
Since she was able to cycle straight out of the end of it perhaps there
should be some form of chicane at the end of the cycle path to prevent it
recurring, at least that would heighten awareness that there is a junction.