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2005-08-16 4:14 PM
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marmadaddy - 2005-08-16 3:02 PM

madkat - 2005-08-16 3:16 PM I agree with you. It's not about distraction, it's about not being able to hear. On these country roads that I ride on, folks can come up on you all of a sudden around a curve. I need to be able to hear them immediately and get over.

I don't by this argument at all. It would preclude deaf people from riding.

Not preclude, just make it more dangerous.

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Can we use this to spur another discussion about bikers that don't announce "passing on your left"? I'm SO SICK of almost being run over-and on the SIDEWALK, no less.
2005-08-17 7:20 AM
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marmadaddy - 2005-08-16 4:02 PM

madkat - 2005-08-16 3:16 PM I agree with you. It's not about distraction, it's about not being able to hear. On these country roads that I ride on, folks can come up on you all of a sudden around a curve. I need to be able to hear them immediately and get over.

I don't by this argument at all. It would preclude deaf people from riding.

The big difference is that deaf people don't have a choice. My argument is that using headphones adds another, unnecessary, level of risk to an activity that already includes a fair ammount of risk by its nature. FWIW, I have ridden with deaf (or rather extremely hearing impared) cyclists with a Team In Training group. I saw this woman come within a gnat's hair of getting smeared across the road by a minivan because she was not aware it was behind her. It really drove home the point to me. I understand that she has since started riding with a mirror and being even more careful. I cannot imagine that anyone would voluntarly place themselves in a position similar to hers for a benefit that's as trivial as listening to music while riding.

One can listen to music virtually any time

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