David Breneman wrote:
> --- Eric <eric@erickson.on.net> wrote:
>
>>Get yourself something with a headphone socket (some do have them).
>>
>>On my LONG drives (hours at 70mph0 I have really enjoyed using
>>headphones.
>
>
> Interesting. Here in Washington it's illegal for a driver to
> wear headphones, and that's not a recent law by many decades.
> I'd always assumed that that was a fairly universal restriction,
> for the sake of hearing sirens, horns, etc. What are the rules
> in other jurisdictions?
>
That's the same as every State I've lived in. In fact, I've see the
Police blare over the bullhorn for a bicycle rider to take headphones
off.
Conversely, cities and states are starting to place ordinance that
require hands-free (but you still have to dial) headsets for cell
phones. I suppose that typically, it's just 1 ear, but still.
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