Posted on 09/07/2010 8:52:49 PM PDT by dayglored
'Lambs to the slaughter'
Distracted Oz pedestrians are allegedly dropping like flies to "Death by iPod" - an untimely end provoked by walking out into traffic while in a "zombie trance".
While New South Wales road fatalities have dropped overall this year, "pedestrian deaths have climbed by 25 per cent to 53, compared to 44 for the same period last year", according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
The latest victim was a 46-year-old Sydney woman who walked in front of an ambulance on Saturday night while "reportedly wearing headphones".
"There is speculation she might not have heard the ambulance siren," the Herald notes.
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I think I will hand this one off to Martin Fierro... the everything iPodish list keeper...
Yeah...it was early on a Sunday morning, though, and traffic was very light. I wasn’t thinking, that much is clear.
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