Proof: Wearing headphones could be bad for you.

Burgman

It had to happen.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175438/Harry-Drain-Teenage-jogger-killed-train-Tinwell-Rutland-listening-music-headphones.html

average_runner

Wouldnt put it down to headphones, just pure careless!!

Saw a runner last Sunday not look any direction on the road, ran out on it and ran in front of a garda car. She was so in a trance she didnt even notice what she did and went on running till garda car caught up on her!!


Some runners think they owned the road when running, often seem them running in winter on the road at night wearing dark clothes so hard to see!!

Us runners just need to be sensible and careful

PaulieC

proof that not paying attention is bad for you

RacoonQueen

Or he jumped in front of the train. How do you accidently end up running across train tracks?

JohnnyCrash

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Or he jumped in front of the train. How do you accidently end up running across train tracks?

On the first part of your post ,theres nothing to suggest suicide. The 2nd part doesnt make any sense at all.Dont see from reading the clip where you get it that he accidentally ended up running across train tracks

RacoonQueen

JohnnyCrash wrote: »

On the first part of your post ,theres nothing to suggest suicide. The 2nd part doesnt make any sense at all.Dont see from reading the clip where you get it that he accidentally ended up running across train tracks

First part I never said there was, I simply suggested it may not have been an accident. Can't imagine it's very easy to get hit by a train and theres not many sets of headphones that would block out the sound of an approaching train. Certainly not ones you'd run with. On your other thing, how do you get hit by a train if you don't run across or along train tracks? I doubt he was stupid enough to run along train tracks.

It's a poorly written article like doesn't give many actual details anyway.

robinph

RacoonQueen wrote: »

It's a poorly written article like doesn't give many actual details anyway.

It's the DM.

Was trying to figure out what school he went to as I know that area a bit, but only spotted that from the comments despite text in the main article talking about the school as if they had mentioned it in a previous paragraph.

Now I have to go and disinfect my eyes after reading that website. :eek:

cloneslad

Such a horribly written piece, who give a crap how much his school costs or how much is house is. Why can't tabloids just tell the story?

I wear headphones when I run, but I'm pretty careful while wearing them. I take one out if I'm on a narrow or dangerous road, I'm always looking ahead for bad bends, and I pretty much assume the worst might happen to me, and then try to prepare for it.

If I get hit by a car / bike / truck etc, at least I'll know that I tried.

Poor kid.

On a possibly glib aside, he was training, he was hit by a train, and his best friend's name is Traenor.

JohnnyCrash

RacoonQueen wrote: »

First part I never said there was, I simply suggested it may not have been an accident. Can't imagine it's very easy to get hit by a train and theres not many sets of headphones that would block out the sound of an approaching train. Certainly not ones you'd run with. On your other thing, how do you get hit by a train if you don't run across or along train tracks? I doubt he was stupid enough to run along train tracks.

It's a poorly written article like doesn't give many actual details anyway.

I said "theres nothing to suggest suicide".But then you say he may have jumped in front of the train or it may not have been an accident.Sounds suggestive to me On "my other thing",it could easily happen.I have a 12 mile route which I use regularly.Theres a train crossing on it,but we stop,look and listen.We would never just run across it..On the not many headphones that would block out the sound of an approaching train,IMO,most,if not all of them would,depending on what you were listening to,at what volume etc..Modern trains are not the big thunderous monsters they once were.

JohnnyCrash

robinph wrote: »

It's the DM.

Was trying to figure out what school he went to as I know that area a bit, but only spotted that from the comments despite text in the main article talking about the school as if they had mentioned it in a previous paragraph.

Now I have to go and disinfect my eyes after reading that website. :eek:

Harry Drain, 18, was running near tracks less than half a mile from £12,600-a-year Stamford School when he was struck by a freight train. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175438/Harry-Drain-Teenage-jogger-killed-train-Tinwell-Rutland-listening-music-headphones.html#ixzz214tcKs8M

hardCopy

You don't need headphones to be caught unaware by a train. A Gard was killed years ago in Dublin when he ran along the DART tracks with a headwind and din't hear the train coming from behind him.

robinph

JohnnyCrash wrote: »

Harry Drain, 18, was running near tracks less than half a mile from £12,600-a-year Stamford School when he was struck by a freight train. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175438/Harry-Drain-Teenage-jogger-killed-train-Tinwell-Rutland-listening-music-headphones.html#ixzz214tcKs8M

They have updated it since this morning then.

Sorry for messing up your post, I hit the wrong button.

RacoonQueen

JohnnyCrash wrote: »

I said "theres nothing to suggest suicide".But then you say he may have jumped in front of the train or it may not have been an accident.Sounds suggestive to me On "my other thing",it could easily happen.I have a 12 mile route which I use regularly.Theres a train crossing on it,but we stop,look and listen.We would never just run across it..On the not many headphones that would block out the sound of an approaching train,IMO,most,if not all of them would,depending on what you were listening to,at what volume etc..Modern trains are not the big thunderous monsters they once were.

Right, OK...I don't even know how to respond to you, there are no words. Quite an achievement to leave me speechless!