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Road.cc poll result - iPod use while cycling should be discouraged, but not banned, say two in fiveiPod

Road.cc poll result - iPod use while cycling should be discouraged, but not banned, say two in five

Little support for outright ban, while one in three think there are bigger issues to address
by Simon_MacMichael
Fri, Dec 11, 2009 10:55
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According to two out of five road.cc users, using an iPod while cycling should be discouraged but not banned, while one and three believe that the whole issue is a red herring and there are much bigger problems facing cyclists out there.

Meanwhile, only a little over one in seven say that the practice should be outlawed, while even fewer, just under one in eight of you, feel that it’s no more dangerous than a car stereo.

Those are the results from the poll we have been running over the past couple of weeks from the poll we ran following AA President Edmund King’s comments that cyclists needed to be made aware of the risks of riding a bike while listening to music.

In all, 357 votes were cast, and the full results of the poll were:

It's dangerous and should be illegal – 15% (52 votes)
It should be discouraged but not banned – 40% (144 votes)
It's no more dangerous than a car stereo – 12% (42 votes)
It's a red herring - there are much bigger problems out there – 33% (119 votes)
 

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Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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