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From: reid@Glacier.ARPA (Brian Reid)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Diskman, etc. considered harmful
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Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 02:02:45 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 13 02:02:45 1985
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In California it is against the law to operate a motor vehicle while wearing
headphones. In Palo Alto (my city), it is against the law to ride a bicycle
while wearing headphones. Both of these ordinances were passed as a result
of data from insurance companies that a disproportionate number of accidents
involved people wearing walkman units. Every time I see a bicyclist wearing
a walkman I think that I am about to witness Darwin's natural selection in
action.
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	Brian Reid	decwrl!glacier!reid
	Stanford	reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA