Concerns of wearing headphones raised after helicopter death of B.C. student (Heads Up!)

The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton, NB) ^ | May 19, 2008 | Lorrayne Anthony

[Tijeras_Slim]

Soldier, get that dang Ipod outta your ears!

[buccaneer81]

Now you’ve done it! I got to 543. Now I’ll be here all day!

[magslinger]

My father in law flies helicopters. They are louder than hell. To be even near a helicopter you need to have ear plugs the size of corks. There isn’t an Ipod in the world that is louder than a helicopter.

With the turbines running, yes. If he was auto rotating (similar to gliding in fixed wing aircraft) a lot less so. The article said he was having trouble maintaining altitude.

[TalonDJ]

You can hear helicopters for miles.

Not when they are landing or idling. And it depends on the model of Helio. If it is crashing due to engine failure by the time you hear it you have just enought time to look up and go "oh ****" before you are flat. And it only makes a lot of wind it the rotors are actally doing a good job of blowing air downward. If they are doing that then it does not crash.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Go see if that dumass has Wagner in his playlist...

[Hacklehead]

Given the number of black people in Cranbrook BC, and taking into account the number of people on the ground killed by falling helicopters over the past 10 years. The evidence is overwhelming that this was a hate crime.

[MrB]

This kind of thing never happens to country western listeners.

Except for the occasional bass boat dropping out of the sky on you.

[Hacklehead]

“”This kind of thing never happens to country western listeners.””

“Except for the occasional bass boat dropping out of the sky on you.”

Or parts from a wrecked Nascar.

[CougarGA7]

I love the smell of iPod in the morning.

[Fresh Wind]

I’m not surprised this happened. Most of today’s music is very similar to the sound of a crashing helicopter.

[Nervous Tick]

Them lyrics is shore purdy!

Making the video will be a challenge though.

[CougarGA7]

/rimshot

[buccaneer81]

Given the number of black people in Cranbrook BC, and taking into account the number of people on the ground killed by falling helicopters over the past 10 years. The evidence is overwhelming that this was a hate crime.

LOL!!

[Kirkwood]

It took my 20 seconds, but I got that.

[GulfBreeze]

Which Burt Reynolds movie was that?...

[fanfan]

[Calvin Locke]

My undergrad school wanted to put up new dorms. The story I remember is that the Feds wouldn't let them unless they built a pedestrian tunnel due to traffic concerns.

I'm not sure is it was before or after the tunnel was complete that it was found "necessary" to install a campus security station in the tunnel.

If anything, I'm sure the vehicle traffic appreciated fewer swarms of students.

I remember "The Doktor" being dumped on for reminding/pointing out to new BU students to "look both ways" when crossing Comm Ave, both road vehicles and the subway trains.

I think banning iPods over a helicopter falling on a person will only generate contempt among the hoi polloi for laws in general.

[TXnMA]

"Every day I go through that intersection.....every day some student walks into traffic without looking."

BU?

...and what do the ones wearing earphones do? '-}

[Richard Kimball]

Back in the 70s I made deliveries on the University of Texas campus, and I could be stopped at a stop sign and a student would walk into the side of my truck. They were usually reading or something while walking across campus. You know the old saying, “Vehicle accidents are increasing: College sophomores suspected.”

[TXnMA]

"Directional subwoofers could be added to locomotives to shake the bejesus out of people on the tracks."

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