Re: Tragedy averted

On 3/28/2025 10:09 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-03-28 2:36 a.m., Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

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How many pedestrians, do you suppose, have been killed by rocking out to
music/podcasts with their new-ears engaged, when a car hit them? I'm not
talking about using iPods as hearing aides, just dangerous for
distorting an extremely important sense, outdoors. That goes for all
audio devices that do other than enhance your hearing. Indoors is
optimal.

 About once a year we lose a local teen who is illegally walking along the railway and listening to loud music through ear buds. I see a lot of cyclists using them too.  You really need to be able to hear properly when riding or walking, and not just by roads.
 

It's not just those earbuds.  There are people who drive around with the music in their car/truck blasting so loud it can be heard half a block away even when their windows are closed.  They are very likely not to hear the sirens of emergency vehicles.  Or trains, for that matter, if it's an unguarded train crossing in a fairly rural area.
Jill