Originally Posted by
invisiblehand
Clearly, a cyclist can seriously hurt other people and -- conditioned on the environment and the cyclists' choices like velocity -- wearing the headset could be irresponsible.
While I sympathize with the argument against the safety nannies, I think that putting the argument in the right context is important.
Irresponsible people acting foolishly, with or without headphones can seriously hurt other people due to their irresponsible bicycling behavior, i.e. riding too fast for the environment. Headphones are an insignificant factor in bicycling collisions except in Safety Nanny Nightmares.