Originally Posted by filtersweep
..., ride with headphones, etc.- none of which are legal- you may just be provoking a bout of road rage directed at a fellow cyclist.
Please post a copy of the law for your state which prohibits the use of headphones by bicyclist. I believe there are only a couple of states out of the 50 that actually have such laws.
Some cyclist in the forum posted a CA law that they claimed prohibited headphones; the law in fact was dealing with hearing protection devices such earplugs and the mickey mouse type ear covers.
As far as Minnesota Statutes, look at the following and please note that it
only applies to motor vehicles and not bicycles.
Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 169
169.471 Television; headphones.
Subdivision 1. Television screen in vehicle. No television screen shall be installed or used in any motor vehicle where it is visible to the driver while operating the motor vehicle except:
(1) video screens installed in law enforcement vehicles;
(2) closed-circuit video systems used exclusively to aid the driver's visibility to the rear or sides of the vehicle; and
(3) video screens installed as part of a vehicle control system or used in intelligent vehicle highway applications.
Subd. 2. Use of headphones in vehicle.
No person, while operating a motor vehicle, shall wear headphones or earphones which are used in both ears simultaneously for purposes of receiving or listening to broadcasts or reproductions from radios, tape decks, or other sound-producing or transmitting devices. This section shall not prohibit the use, however, of hearing aid devices by persons in need thereof.
