Thursday, March 22, 2012
"Sometimes Headphones Work Too Well: Injuries to Pedestrians Climb"
I'm sure it won't take long before governments think about "fixing" this...
At theAtlantic.com, Neil Wadner recently reported:
"Headphones are great for shutting out the rest of the world. Sometimes people don't realize just how good a job they do. And there are places where being cut off from the world around you is the worst possible thing to do. Pedestrian crossings are at the top of the list. But more than half the accidents uncovered in the last six years involved trains. Headphones are indeed more powerful than a locomotive."
