Here's a small video a friend forwarded to me after seeing a bike at his MSF training.

I suppose... although I think other people would hear it better than you would. I would say it's at least a little safer than headphones.

seems obnoxious unless you're just standing around with friends or something

there's this, though
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=13992

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