Pedestrians Hit by Traffic TRIPLES

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.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/01/17/serious-injuries-triple-for-headphone-wearing-pedestrians/#ixzz1joHmyfjf

They are also a major hazard on Greenways!