Originally Posted by
happypills
I just remembered listening to music "while operating a bicycle" is outlawed here.... I do it all the time... with sound isolating in ear monitors....
But I'm extremely vigilant to make up for it.
That is just ridiculous! I mean consider all the sound proofing modern cars have and god knows the stereo systems... Hell I used to be one of those people playing music really loud in my car. Do they get stopped for listening to music?!
Originally Posted by
Corwings
The argument Carelton's making here though is not so much go walk around eyes closed as it is people comparing a person who normally can hear and relies on it throughout their daily routine putting headphones in such that they can't hear anything but their loud music. Essentially they roam around closing their ears. Normally we'd be able to hear that car coming up behind us and because we normally can do this. Often times, people don't take the effort to keep looking to see if there is one, because they can hear it. But on that day they go out with headphones in ear and can't hear it anymore, they're much more likely to keep up their habit of NOT checking to see what's around them because normally they can hear.
I think that's kinda the point he's making. When I music and ride, I have a cellphone holder on my right shoulder strap, and just have it just loud enough so I can hear it when looking forward/to my right.
I understand that but not everyone relies on hearing while biking, me being one of them... I trust my eyes... I do however keep only one earbud in for those time where something I do want to hear comes my way...