by jtreliving » Sat Aug 31, 2019 5:01 pm
Here’s my tuppence worth. Too many people use the headphones to completely tune out of their surroundings, often to extremely dangerous degrees.
On at least two occasions when turning off the main road in my residential area, I have had young pedestrians stride right out into the road in front of me without looking for traffic either side, earphones in. Both times I beeped on the horn to warn them. Both times, not the slightest hint of a reaction. The only way they would’ve known I was there would have been if they were rolling off my bonnet.
Of course I’m not saying your son is that oblivious! But he does need to be fully aware of just how dangerous it can be out there, and he does need his wits about him. If he wants to wear the headphones on the train or the bus, that’s a very different thing, but not when he’s likely to be pedestrianising. It all depends on how responsible he is I suppose, so I understand your dilemma.
Here’s my tuppence worth. Too many people use the headphones to completely tune out of their surroundings, often to extremely dangerous degrees.
On at least two occasions when turning off the main road in my residential area, I have had young pedestrians stride right out into the road in front of me without looking for traffic either side, earphones in. Both times I beeped on the horn to warn them. Both times, not the slightest hint of a reaction. The only way they would’ve known I was there would have been if they were rolling off my bonnet.
Of course I’m not saying your son is that oblivious! But he does need to be fully aware of just how dangerous it can be out there, and he does need his wits about him. If he wants to wear the headphones on the train or the bus, that’s a very different thing, but not when he’s likely to be pedestrianising. It all depends on how responsible he is I suppose, so I understand your dilemma.