For many young people, listening to music while walking down the street has become a common practice. Thousands of college students, as well, as high school. and middle school students, can be seen listening to their iPods, or MP3 players. A report has warned that more and more people are dying in traffic accidents because they are wearing headphones and can't hear warnings from trains or cars. Young people are involved in accidents because they are not paying attention to their surroundings.
In a recent case study, 116 people were studied in order to see how listening to headphones affected their interaction （感应） with their I surroundings. Two thirds of the people who were hit by cars were under the age of 30 but: over the age. of 18. Many of those who were hit by cars or other moving vehicles reported that they did not hear the cars moving towards them. Others said that they didn't. pay attention to traffic rules, and walked into oncoming traffic. without realizing. what they were doing. People were not paying attention to traffic because of their headphones.
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Common practice | Many young people enjoy while walking down the street. |
Headphone users | College students, high school and students. |
A recent case study, shows | of the people who were hit by cars were under the age of 30 but over the age of 18. |
Many of those who were hit by cars didn't hear the cars | |
Others didn't pay attention to traffic rules. | |
The reason for the accidents | People didn't pay. attention to traffic because. of |
