Serious injuries involving pedestrians wearing headphones have more than tripled since 2004, a U.S. study showed. Researchers from the University of Maryland found that people often were hit by vehicles because their music blocked out horns or sirens alerting them to danger. In 70 percent of cases, the headphone-wearing pedestrians died as a result of the injuries they sustained from being hit by traffic.
Introducing the Bike Advocacy Toolkit: Grassroots Organizing and Mobilizing
for Local Communities
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Change doesn’t start in city hall. It starts with people—people like
you—who care deeply about making streets safer, more accessible, and better
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