Death of UK cyclist sparks iPod warning
updated 02:10 pm EST, Mon February 13, 2006
Cyclist death iPod related
Cyclists in the UK have been urged not to listen to iPods while riding on the roads after a 32-year-old law student was killed by a large truck. Patricia McMillan was knocked from her bike and thrown under the truck's wheels near her home in Acton, west London, according to virgin.net. The woman was on her way to a part-time job as a waitress in Kensington on February 2nd, according to the report. The victim's best friend, Jacques Poullard, told the Evening Standard that Ms. McMillan might still be alive had she not been listening to the iPod.
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I wouldn't have choked if I wasn't eating food. WELL DUH! You still need to eat food.... and you need to go on with living. Sometimes freak accidents happen. "Maybe if the driver of the truck was paying more attention..." should be her "friends" line. There are so many varibles in everything we do in life.. I'm sure blaming the ipod in this case is the easiest.. so should I be more afraid to ride a bike in the UK, or listen to my iPod?