Cycling UK Forum

To the previous poster who said we bled it dry a while ago, I apologise, I am new on here.

I used to drive a lot with my work and did loads of stuff on the mobile, hands free. I did not consider it was any more dnagerous than listening to music, reading a map, trying to find my water bottle when i dropped it or just being bored stiff after 3 hours behind the wheel It is drivers attitudes that create danger not a hands free call, and mobiles are a huge part of business life these days, so we just have to live with them.

I cant understand why people would want to cycle with their headphones on so that they can't hear traffic or cars sounding their horns behind them. I cycle 12 miles each day to and from work on the "Boris" superhighway from Wimbledon to the City, and I would estimate between 15 and 20% of cyclists have headphones in thier ears (maybe more) and they cant hear a thing.

Surely this is more worthy of a safety campaign than anything, its madness in my opinion.

Am I being too negative?