Are your headsets glued to your ears wherever you go, even as you're crossing the street? If they are, you can be considered a "podestrian."
Such is the nickname for headset-sporting pedestrians in the United Kingdom, but it can encompass those who cross the road oblivious to traffic since their ears are preoccupied. An insurance company has calculated that one in ten podestrians cause minor accidents involving sudden braking and shunts.
According to an article from the Daily Mail, most pedestrians usually step into the road without looking out for oncoming vehicles. The scenarios they cause usually involve forcing an oncoming vehicle to brake suddenly, consequently getting hit by the car at the rear.
"People have enjoyed listening to music on foot ever since the first Walkmans were introduced in the late 1970s," said a spokesman from the unnamed insurance company. "But 30 years on, there seems to be a rising number of pedestrians who are isolated from traffic noise."
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