People tend to dismiss safety advice they instinctively feel is overblown. I think that was me, when it came to wearing headphones outside. Anyway, no damages on me and lesson learned.
People tend to dismiss safety advice they instinctively feel is overblown. I think that was me, when it came to wearing headphones outside. Anyway, no damages on me and lesson learned.
This post has actually quite annoyed me. It seems OP caused a car accident, and made no mention of the inconvenience and possible injuries to the two drivers / passengers affected. Instead made it...
This post has actually quite annoyed me.
It seems OP caused a car accident, and made no mention of the inconvenience and possible injuries to the two drivers / passengers affected. Instead made it a life lesson about themself.
I think it's debatable that he caused the accident, typically whoever was following too closely is considered at fault, at least in the US, not sure the local laws for OP. If the first vehicle...
I think it's debatable that he caused the accident, typically whoever was following too closely is considered at fault, at least in the US, not sure the local laws for OP. If the first vehicle stopped the second should have been able to. However I understand your point, it sounds like there was some shock involved too.
There are situations where I would or wouldn't feel comfortable stopping as a pedestrian and engaging with drivers in a nearby accident.
Yes that's true where I live as well. There is definitely blame on the car as well, I just felt as though this all could have been avoided if OP had looked both ways and not made assumptions.
Yes that's true where I live as well.
There is definitely blame on the car as well, I just felt as though this all could have been avoided if OP had looked both ways and not made assumptions.
Sure, there were multiple decision points there, which is what I think OP is addressing. (Reasons I dislike being linked to a post rather than discussion here include that it feels far less...
Sure, there were multiple decision points there, which is what I think OP is addressing. (Reasons I dislike being linked to a post rather than discussion here include that it feels far less personal and thus easier to not talk about OP as a person.)
Like "oh shit glad you're ok" would be my gut response to a person's post, you know?
When I walk with ear buds I'm rarely listening to something and I keep them on transparency mode and look both ways and gauge which part of the intersection to cross, but our one busy street is a 30mph section of a state highway with lots of truck traffic and one stop sign, so I stick to the stop sign for crossing that street rather than risk misjudging a semi (or lifted pickup) who hasn't slowed all the way down.
It just makes sense to me that if you're going to be around traffic, you should be able to hear it - I choose over-ear or bone induction for my cycling, it lets me hear traffic including other...
It just makes sense to me that if you're going to be around traffic, you should be able to hear it - I choose over-ear or bone induction for my cycling, it lets me hear traffic including other cyclists.
Choosing something to reduce outside noise without eliminating it, as mentioned in the article, is a great choice to deal with the noisy outdoors when we'd rather be at home in the quiet
I feel like this desire for recency is unwarranted. There are plenty of scientific studies from 100 or even 500 years ago that don't need to be replicated every year seems like a somewhat...
though, to my surprise, the handful of studies I found are all at least a decade old
I feel like this desire for recency is unwarranted. There are plenty of scientific studies from 100 or even 500 years ago that don't need to be replicated every year
just 16 decibels
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an 11 dB difference is far greater than it sounds on paper
seems like a somewhat contradictory conclusion?
I like those Neckband style speakers. It's still easy to hear everything on the road and it isn't very loud to other people so it's not like carrying a boombox where everyone can listen to what you're listening to
Nah, it all depends on how decibles work, which is not at all intuitive. Decibles are logarithmic, meaning that 18db has twice the power of 15db. A +10db increase is 10x the power but only...
seems like a somewhat contradictory conclusion?
Nah, it all depends on how decibles work, which is not at all intuitive. Decibles are logarithmic, meaning that 18db has twice the power of 15db. A +10db increase is 10x the power but only perceived as about twice as loud.
The upshot is that 17db is very quiet - 25db is a whisper - but the increase from 70db to 80db is extremely significant.
Not sure how I feel about the conclusion being to switch from noise cancelling headphones to a Loop. If noise reduction in general is supposed to reduce pedestrian reaction time, isnt it still the...
Not sure how I feel about the conclusion being to switch from noise cancelling headphones to a Loop. If noise reduction in general is supposed to reduce pedestrian reaction time, isnt it still the same issue? Plus it seems like the problem was more a result of not looking both ways than the sound thing, since you mention that cars and ebikes and stuff are getting quieter regardless.
People tend to dismiss safety advice they instinctively feel is overblown. I think that was me, when it came to wearing headphones outside. Anyway, no damages on me and lesson learned.
This post has actually quite annoyed me.
It seems OP caused a car accident, and made no mention of the inconvenience and possible injuries to the two drivers / passengers affected. Instead made it a life lesson about themself.
Am I missing something here?
I think it's debatable that he caused the accident, typically whoever was following too closely is considered at fault, at least in the US, not sure the local laws for OP. If the first vehicle stopped the second should have been able to. However I understand your point, it sounds like there was some shock involved too.
There are situations where I would or wouldn't feel comfortable stopping as a pedestrian and engaging with drivers in a nearby accident.
Yes that's true where I live as well.
There is definitely blame on the car as well, I just felt as though this all could have been avoided if OP had looked both ways and not made assumptions.
Sure, there were multiple decision points there, which is what I think OP is addressing. (Reasons I dislike being linked to a post rather than discussion here include that it feels far less personal and thus easier to not talk about OP as a person.)
Like "oh shit glad you're ok" would be my gut response to a person's post, you know?
When I walk with ear buds I'm rarely listening to something and I keep them on transparency mode and look both ways and gauge which part of the intersection to cross, but our one busy street is a 30mph section of a state highway with lots of truck traffic and one stop sign, so I stick to the stop sign for crossing that street rather than risk misjudging a semi (or lifted pickup) who hasn't slowed all the way down.
It just makes sense to me that if you're going to be around traffic, you should be able to hear it - I choose over-ear or bone induction for my cycling, it lets me hear traffic including other cyclists.
Choosing something to reduce outside noise without eliminating it, as mentioned in the article, is a great choice to deal with the noisy outdoors when we'd rather be at home in the quiet
I feel like this desire for recency is unwarranted. There are plenty of scientific studies from 100 or even 500 years ago that don't need to be replicated every year
seems like a somewhat contradictory conclusion?
I like those Neckband style speakers. It's still easy to hear everything on the road and it isn't very loud to other people so it's not like carrying a boombox where everyone can listen to what you're listening to
Nah, it all depends on how decibles work, which is not at all intuitive. Decibles are logarithmic, meaning that 18db has twice the power of 15db. A +10db increase is 10x the power but only perceived as about twice as loud.
The upshot is that 17db is very quiet - 25db is a whisper - but the increase from 70db to 80db is extremely significant.
Not sure how I feel about the conclusion being to switch from noise cancelling headphones to a Loop. If noise reduction in general is supposed to reduce pedestrian reaction time, isnt it still the same issue? Plus it seems like the problem was more a result of not looking both ways than the sound thing, since you mention that cars and ebikes and stuff are getting quieter regardless.