Do You Wear Head Phones?
02-10-08, 02:53 PM
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Dvd
You also might want to mount a DVD Player on your Handle Bars too watch movies for when the scenery gets Boring. The Woman that got hit by the train is Alone in Her Hospital Bed.
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02-10-08, 05:50 PM
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02-10-08, 05:52 PM
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02-10-08, 05:57 PM
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Hey, looking at scenery while cycling is downright dangerous and should be banned. Stare down the road only. In fact, I believe there should be a mandatory blinders law, so no scenery, or worse - pretty people distract the serious cyclist from the task at hand.
02-10-08, 10:12 PM
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+1 If I ride alone, I'm listening to music.
02-11-08, 03:48 PM
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Not so much that I agree with safety Nazis, I figure people should be responsible for themselves, however it is a convincing argument and is what got motorcycle helmet requirements a law.
02-11-08, 04:25 PM
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... perhaps she was on a bike with suspension.
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One critical fact was left out.
Was she blonde?
How do you not see a TRAIN??
Was she blonde?
How do you not see a TRAIN??
02-11-08, 06:32 PM
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How do you not see a TRAIN?? - It was actually light rail, an electric trolley.
I wonder if she had noise canceling head phones?
FWIW you might consider hanging the headphones off your helmet, near but not in your ears, and turn the volume up.
I wonder if she had noise canceling head phones?
FWIW you might consider hanging the headphones off your helmet, near but not in your ears, and turn the volume up.
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When are we going to do something about these trains? They hit whatever they please and it's always the same excuse: "It takes too long to stop".
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Nope. Not one earbud, nor two, nor a pair of weak headphones draped around the neck.
I ride busy city - to blot out the sounds of what's coming up on you is horrific.
and even when out in the sticks (plus the sound of the fields and farms are a wonderful change from city noice) - but even still - I need to know what all is around me - what's behind me - coming up on me - around the corner.
F'get the boredom factor - I need to know.
I ride busy city - to blot out the sounds of what's coming up on you is horrific.
and even when out in the sticks (plus the sound of the fields and farms are a wonderful change from city noice) - but even still - I need to know what all is around me - what's behind me - coming up on me - around the corner.
F'get the boredom factor - I need to know.
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Nope. Not one earbud, nor two, nor a pair of weak headphones draped around the neck.
I ride busy city - to blot out the sounds of what's coming up on you is horrific.
and even when out in the sticks (plus the sound of the fields and farms are a wonderful change from city noice) - but even still - I need to know what all is around me - what's behind me - coming up on me - around the corner.
F'get the boredom factor - I need to know.
I ride busy city - to blot out the sounds of what's coming up on you is horrific.
and even when out in the sticks (plus the sound of the fields and farms are a wonderful change from city noice) - but even still - I need to know what all is around me - what's behind me - coming up on me - around the corner.
F'get the boredom factor - I need to know.
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Ongoing, to say one or another, just being careful seems to be a good policy but of course that is up for definitions. and so it goes. I still ride at time with headphones on but not regularly. Just seems yu want to be fully aware.
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Read here.
https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5535446.html
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The Third Report: Train Operator Suspended.
https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5546329.html
https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5546329.html
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02-16-08, 04:16 PM
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video of the accident...watching the end of the video closely...it looks to me like after she passed the 2 pedestrians, she looks right at he train.
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=01a_1202826232
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=01a_1202826232
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