iPod donates 25 % of the Road Accident

SYDNEY - iPod assessed contribute to the improvement of approximately 25 percent of accidents on highways in the territory of New South Wales , Australia . Many accidents on the highway are caused because people are too busy listening to music through Apple's gadget is the output . Concerns about the proliferation of accidents increased after the iPod recently , a pedestrian in New South Wales, killed by a passing ambulance on the highway Parramatta Road Mallet Street , Camperdown . Cause, the 46 -year -old pedestrian was too busy using the iPod and did not see a passing ambulance .

MIS -Asia , Monday ( 06/09/2010 ) reports , these unfortunate events occur because of the iPod users do not hear an ambulance siren as a closed ear headsets . Cases of death is one of six pedestrians hit by vehicles on the highway over the weekend. NSW Police recorded a pedestrian deaths increased by approximately 25 percent , from 44 cases of deaths to 53 , for the same period last year .
Harold Scruby , Pedestrian Council of Australia representative , said that iPods and other gadgets - gadget has become the cause is not one moment of concentration on the road. " Death by iPod is one of the new phenomenon , a growing concern is that presence - presence of these devices run at least have an impact on the increase in accidents on the highway , "said Scruby .