Re: Tragedy averted

On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 6:36:26 +0000, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

On 2025-03-28, dsi1 <dsi100@yahoo.com> wrote:
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I also thought we'd have self-driving cars but I was wrong. Those were
the days when I believed in the lies E. Musk was serving up. How long do
we have to wait until we get a proper self-driving electric car!!??

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https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-airpods/airpods-pro-2

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I'm an Apple guy. I have several pairs of airpods. My arrogance does not
allow me to wear them outside of my home. The tubes, sticking out of
my ears, makes me look stupider on the street.
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But that's just me.
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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.

That's a good question. Pedestrian deaths have increased by about 50% in
the last decade. It's alarming alright but I can't say why though. Our
neighbor was almost killed last year while crossing the road. She got
hit bad and is lucky to be alive. There was no
earbuds/headphones/streaming involved. Twas the driver's fault.
As it goes, most people that wear aids aren't going to be walking the
streets listening to their favorite playlist. People wear hearing aids
to connect with their environment, not to isolate themselves. OTOH,
crossing the street if you're elderly is a dangerous proposition.