4 ms·
I ride to work every day. Most of my commute is on a popular bike path. I always warn people before I pass them. Every few months, someone decides to do a U-
by dripton 14y ago
I ride to work every day. Most of my commute is on a popular bike path. I always warn people before I pass them. Every few months, someone decides to do a U-turn or a left turn, without looking, right into my path, while I'm passing them, leading to a near-collision. So far, 100% of the adults who've done this have been wearing headphones. (I've had one kid without headphones do it; I said "on your left" and she got confused and veered left into me. Now I just say "passing.")
Based on this, I think joggers and cyclists with headphones are significantly more dangerous to themselves and others than those without.
Of course, it's possible that you are different and can hear fine through your headphones, but I'm skeptical. (Just as I'm skeptical of people who claim they can drive fine while talking on the phone, or while drunk.)
- aw3c2 14y agoCorrelation is not causation. I would much rather think that those people were distracted or something. Not giving attention to their environments. I CAN hear fine with my volume setting. Believe me. Listening so loud or with headphones that cut out other sounds is dangerous, of course. I was not talking about that and I thought I had made that clear. Just don't tell me that I cannot listen to music while biking. Unless you want to argue about the possible distracting itself, then we could go on about car radios.
- Xcelerate 14y agoTrust me -- I can text and drive at the same time. I'm a pro.