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Headphone-related street deaths on the rise

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January 17, 2012 8:38:32 AM

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-17/headphone-related...

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Pedestrians have been accused of behaving like sheep as the number of people either injured or killed while wearing headphones tripled in the past six years.

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January 17, 2012 9:16:08 AM

"Just think of it as evolution in action."
Jerry Pournelle
January 17, 2012 9:24:18 AM

That is why we need HMD.

To show us visual warning when we are approaching or an objects is incoming our way (detected from our personal radar), when we are walking on the street, watching videos on the HMD.
January 17, 2012 11:02:04 AM

Not to drag this dramatically off subject but this reminds me of when electric cars first came out pedestrians were being taken out left and right because they were so quiet. Like a ninja doing 65 and weighing 2000 pounds.

Now electric cars have to meet a minimum noise level.
January 17, 2012 11:10:06 AM

I always laughed at electric cars being too quiet :p . It's why we have stop, look and listen. Look should honestly be enough, I have seen too many pedestrians walking without looking, headphones in.
January 17, 2012 1:20:34 PM

Yes, and after the third, fourth, or fifth incident, it becomes increasingly difficult to be sympathetic.
January 18, 2012 2:04:22 PM

Maybe we could get proximity detectors fitted to headphones?

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