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Is it safe to be wearing headphones or looking at a bike mounted cell phone while cycling?
by tqi 7y ago
Is it safe to be wearing headphones or looking at a bike mounted cell phone while cycling?
- bluntfang 7y agoI would say it's multiple orders of magnitude safer than doing it while driving a car, if that's what you're getting at.
- tqi 7y agoInteresting - I assumed it was safer for other people but less safe for the driver/rider
- jamil7 7y agoYes, as long as they're not noise cancelling I don't see what the issue is. As for the bike mounted cell phone you're not staring it the whole time or interacting with it, it's the same as a GPS display in a car.
- usrusr 7y agoThere have been experiments where cyclists with music on headphones were more likely to hear a signal than drivers behind closed windows, without music and with the engine off. Certainly depends a lot on headphone model and volume setting, but it doesn't have to be a safety issue (unless your expectations are so high that you consider closed windows an issue as well)
- GuB-42 7y agoI like bone conduction headphones, like these ones https://aftershokz.com/ https://aftershokz.com/ The sound quality is not great for music, but they are perfect for voice. The big selling point is that they don't cover your ears, so it doesn't affect your ability to hear your surroundings.