Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
I think the sooth-sayers claim that their steely eared listening to traffic noise ENABLES them to have sufficient warning to execute evasive maneuvers and avoid being creamed; don't believe any of them actually had the gumption to make the claim that their hypersensitive spidey-sense actually has served any real-world-in-traffic useful purpose.
I seem to recall stories along the lines of "I heard the car coming and was able to ditch onto the shoulder rather than get creamed. If I couldn't hear I might have been dead!" in one of these threads but yeah I see your point.