Does California allow people who are deaf to drive? I see the listening to music law as a form of discrimination. People in cars can have the windows rolled up AND listen to the radio... making their ability to hear other approaching cars nil...
Around here, you do not have to be able to hear in order to get a drivers license, therefore I can't see there being a law that people other than those in cars must be able to hear perfectly.
I find that on longer rides I can pedal faster longer with a good beat
Someone above said that they just "set it and forget it" and I do the same, but in my case I listen to dj mixes which are on average 70minutes long, so it can take quite a while to run through 3 'songs'.