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is it legal to wear headphones when biking?

• mikestew 7y ago
  Probably not, in most places. I fail to see what difference it makes: people do it. Hell, I do it on occasion, and I don’t like wearing headphones when I’m riding.
  • buboard 7y ago
    riding a bike is already dangerous, riding with headphones is doubly so
    • rhn_mk1 7y ago
      In-ear headphones can surprisingly improve spatial awareness by reducing the wind noise at certain speeds. That assumes they are not playing anything though.
    • mikestew 7y ago
      Sure, but that’s orthogonal to laws and their effect on behavior. People ride with headphones, dangerous or not, legal or not. I’ll was honestly asking what difference a law makes when people obviously do it, and in areas where I’m sure it’s illegal. Hell, I’ll see people driving with a headphone in each ear, and I know for a fact that’s illegal in at least three states.