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Result of today's race
On 15/04/2014 13:37, TMS320 wrote:
"Mrcheerful" wrote On 14/04/2014 20:50, TMS320 wrote: "Mrcheerful" wrote On 14/04/2014 00:29, TMS320 wrote: (*) To that end, I have just discovered that Specsavers sell ear plugs with a variety of characteristics. Now, should I go for music or motorbike... Suddenly losing one of your senses is one of the worst and most dangerous things any road user can suffer, to do it voluntarily smacks of stupidity. Quite. I value my hearing and should like to keep it in good order. The use of headphones by cyclists has been a factor in many crashes leading to deaths or serious injuries. It cannot be denied that cyclists wearing headphones have been involved in crashes. Who says it was a factor? So go right ahead. Plugs do not reduce sound to nothing! Perceiving and interpreting sound is not a matter of the louder the better. Plugs reduce both foreground and background a similar amount so relationship is retained. If plugs can be tuned then there is no reason why perception can't be improved. coroners say it was a factor. Have you seen the transcripts? Or is it, perhaps, that you read something written by a journalist? And arrived at your own conclusion. I think it is up to the cyclist to determine whether the senses are compromised. Wouldn't you? Not a difficult thing to do. Cyclists are too stupid to make up their own minds in a sensible fashion with regard to safety, so they need to be forced to do things. A google search for headphones and cyclists will show up many crashes where the headphones are a factor, I see no reason to disbelieve the findings of a coroner as reported in the press. There are moves afoot in London to ban cycling with headphones, I am sure there must be a good reason for that, it seems unlikley that it would be randomly chosen for enforcement without reason or cause. |
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