2010-03-09 - Rider Down/Fatality, Weston St x Snowsfield

If another idiot whinges about cyclists listening to music i'll mutter something to myself

do you think deaf people should be allowed to drive or ride a bike? If so then why can't someone listening to music?

Edscoble is a good example of someone with limited hearin who is perfectly safe on a bike. There are many more idiots with fully working ears who are a danger to themselves.

It's like the cases where someone is crushed to death but with no head injuries but the inquest still tries to apportion blame to the cyclist for not having a helmet on.

The poor fella that died obviously wasn't using his eyes properly, maybe his ears would've helped. In this situation atleast....