zben@umcp-cs.UUCP (11/08/83)
[From Mo 7 Nov 1983 Montgomery Journal] A bicyclist listening to music on stereo headphones as he crossed a railroad track didn't hear a train before it crushed him to death, according to police. Prince George's County [Maryland] police said Douglas Herzog, 18, of 7823 Mandan Road in Greenbelt, was killed at 8 a.m. Friday. They said it took hours to identify him because of his severe injuries. Seconds before his death, Herzog was stopped on a black 10-speed bike behind a truck, which was waiting at a crossing gate for a southbound train to pass. "When the train passed, the truck ran around the barricade before it raised (and) the bicyclist followed," police said. But a northbound train en route to Baltimore had reached the crossing and the cyclist slammed into it. He was killed instantly, police said.
leichter@yale-com.UUCP (Jerry Leichter) (11/08/83)
Ah, yes, another example of evolution in action. Perhaps we'll eventually have a more intelligent species of bicyclists... -- Jerry
dave@rocksvax.UUCP (11/10/83)
I agree with you, why should people who can listen to headphones responsibly
be branded outlaws, for listening on/in their wheeled devices. Your point
about smarter people is great, Darwin lives......
Just think I can roll the windows up in my car turn up 40W of stereo to a
+70db level legally. I suspect I hear less in the car than I do on a bike.
Question authority...Dave
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