Listening and riding: could music kill you?

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 5:12p.m.

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The death of a woman cyclist has brought warnings not to use a music player with headphones while riding or even driving.

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25 Apr 2010 06:30p.m.

Jay wrote:

I have noticed recently since cyclists have involved in some rather disturbing accidents, some of them are starting to bey some of the road rules, however not all, in this case it appears that the person involved went out of her way to avoid al the safety protocols there to protect her, therefor she is at fault.Too many people today ignore common sense this is a result of that.

22 Apr 2010 03:18p.m.

Doug wrote:

Your dead right Alex.
The ipod was most likely irrelevant (unless it was telling her to cross).
I ride to work each day and recently started listeneing to my MP3 player while riding. I have no problem hearing the traffic, although I do turn the music down or off when I get into town.
This has nothing to do with cycling with ipods or cyclists in general. The lady just made a bad choice and got killed because of it.

On the issue of "outlaw" cyclists generally operating outside the law though. Where does that idea come from. I more often than not give way to vehicles and ride well within the law, and sometimes I'm left guessing if a car is going to turn in front of me without indicating, but I don't immediately assume all drivers are dangerous because of a few stupid ones.

22 Apr 2010 08:49a.m.

Gary wrote:

The issue is not listening to music - do we want to ban deaf people from driving? The issue is that cyclists generally operate outside the law, ignoring what is around them, expecting everyone else to accommodate them - leaving us trying to guess when they may turn next or cut in front of you - cyclists need regulating and pay registration like everyone else, have indicators and mirrors so that they can see behind them.Why we should be expected to tolerate "outlaws" is beyond me.

22 Apr 2010 08:07a.m.

Alex wrote:

Typical, the police make an observational statement saying she had headphones at the time of the accident, and now every news group in the country blows the story out of proportion. The fact that there were barrier arms down could only suggest that she meandered around them - therefore she knew there was a train approaching, and attempted (poorly) to beat the train. The fact she was wearing headphones and listening to music is completely irrelevant to her death.

22 Apr 2010 03:01a.m.

Greg wrote:

Anyone who wears these devices while driving,biking,machining, is looking for trouble

21 Apr 2010 10:43p.m.

cyril wrote:

Cyclists need to be like car drivers and look around and be aware of whats happening around them. I would say in this case that she got what she deserved just like a car driver who drives round the barriers.