Meanwhile OP seems to be driving with their seatbelt off because it’s out of focus frame left
I think(well sure) that is passenger side, because driver is on the right. And so this picture would have to be taken from outside the driver side to catch the seatbelt.
I don’t care about the earphones. May as well say the deaf can’t drive.
Yea, earphones aren’t going to make a difference, or maybe you shouldn’t drive with a radio on? Or that the sound deadening in the car doesn’t already block most of the sound outside the car.
Not only is it illegal in several countries, it is also proven to negatively impact attention and reaction times.
Here’s the problem: if we gave a shit about safety, we’d get pretty close to banning cars.
This is like complaining that the internal walls of the titanic should have been a few centimeters higher.
Not at all. But ok.
probably still safer than the average super insulated modern vehicle with blinding headlights, massive blind spots, and a cockpit lit up like an airport so the driver’s night vision is ruined
It was a really snowy day.
Their entire car was covered with snow, except for an eyeslit the size of a business envelope for the driver to look out of.
Crazy people in giant metal boxes.
Years ago I used to live relatively close to a car wash. During the winter months I would pay for a monthly subscription to the car wash. On cold mornings with heavy snowfall I would clear enough of my car to see both wing mirrors, out part of the back windshield, and part of the front windshield, enough that, being very vigilant, I had a good sense of my surroundings. I’d then drive directly to the car wash, which would clear the rest of my car for me while I stayed in the nice warm car.
I stand by this practice, but I was more attentive than usual in my driving on those mornings.
My driver was on a heavily used street, with no way to see out the back or side.
Yeah that’s irresponsible.
There’s a number of things that I strongly believe should result in an automatic short term suspension, because the driver clearly has no fucking clue what they’re doing. Driving without lights lights off at night (I don’t give a shit about your auto lights, turn them on manually because it’s not working) and driving with folded mirrors are two of the items. Failing to clear snow off glass is another.
Driving with two earphones in is a problem. They simply do a better job of blocking ambient sound than the car speakers. People get mad ad pedestrians or cyclists who don’t hav situational awareness because of their headphones; drivers have a greater responsibility because of the size of their vehicle.
Driving without lights lights off at night
I had a cop cite me for turning my bright-ass bicycle light off at night while riding on a quiet, lit sidewalk at 2am.
That is entirely different than grandma getting in a black car and driving on a pitch black night, or a white car leaving their lights off during heavy rain and doing 20 below in the left hand lane.
driving with folded mirrors
I have had drivers who forgot to leave room at a stoplight fold their mirror to let me and the dozen other motorcycles by at a light.
Anything that is likely to have nuance can’t have zero-tolerance policies or you’re subjecting a bunch of people to disproportionate to unjust punishment.
If you were close enough to a car on a motorcycle that they had to fold their mirror in then you were too close and there was no room.
Usually there is enough room. The cagers are just scared I’ll clip the mirror.
Mind you I don’t live in the US and the lanes are much narrower on average, also people don’t have guns.
At long light cycles I will duck and weave between lanes and around mirrors as much as necessary to reach the front. As is legal in my state.
Its vietnam, being inches from cars and other bikes happens every single time you go somewhere, whether by bike or walking. If I had blocked everyone behind me, I would have created a dangerous situation.
The best example of ignorance yet. Like nothing outside of their car exists!
I want some of that weet corn
The earphones aren’t a problem per se, if you listen with approrpriate sound where you can still hear an ambulance coming or a car horn. I don’t think this person is doing that, but lets guve them the benefit of the doubt. But the mirrors folded is next level stupudity. There is no doubt that this person should be driving at all.
An ambulance and a screaming pedestrian do not have the same volume.
The folded mirrors is probably to avoid clipping stuff in tight city streets. They’re probably driving slower than walking.
This is a poor person driving. I don’t see the big deal.
I see worse luxury car drivers every day.
I don’t quite see how a persons bank account is relevant?
Wealth and entitlement isn’t relevant you say?
Yes in a community about the problems cars pose, in a post about a bad driver.
I don’t quite see how a persons bank account is relevant
In a community about the problems that cars pose, you don’t think class has any factor in this or are you just performatively against cars?
In a community about the problems that cars pose, we don’t give people a pass for being careless simply based on how shitty their car may be.
(Also this photo was taken in India. That woman is richer than 80% of the population based solely on the fact that she owns a car)
That is important context.
More like 92%.
So those mirrors would have been literally smacking into throngs of pedestrians on all sides if they weren’t folded.
It’s illegal. And we need more people getting caught and held accountable.
It’s illegal where you live.
It’s not universally illegal in every country.
Aside from like an F1 race, I don’t know of a single place where it’s legal to wear headphones while operating a motor vehicle.
Its dangerous not to wear hearing protection on motorcycles over like 60mph for long rides and much shorter rides if you go slower.
Hearing protection is not the same as audio earpods. You can still hear with foam earplugs.
For example. Reasoning is the same that allows you to listen to the radio: as long as you can hear car horns and emergency vehicles, you can listen to whatever at whatever volume. But you can be found more at fault if you crash into something, in certain cases.
Anyway, now you know.
The picture litterally says that you can still be fined for distracted driving…
Yes, IF an officer determines the device distracted you. That is literally the same ruling as a car radio.
And because you brought him up, I think the way you won’t admit your error is more like him.
Okay, I’ll bite… how did I make an error?
Why did you say:
The picture literally says that you can still be fined for distracted driving
When, as I explained, that had nothing to do with legality of earphones?
You can also see well-enough to drive while blindfolded if the material is thin enough. Doesn’t mean that it should be legal to drive with a blindfold over your eyes.
It’s not the case here obviously, but fyi for others that airpods 2/3 can function as OTC hearing aids that are more affordable than prescription. I have a family member who uses them.
headphones are perfectly normal
No the fuck it isn’t
Legality aside, how are headphones worse than radio? If you can hear sirens, car horns and whatever else you need, why does it matter if the music comes from a radio speaker or headphones? Keep in mind, some countries use the same reasoning for cars and bikes, and I’d rather not annoy everyone with drive-by beats.
Also, I imagine headphones in cars is more common if you are young and your car is old.
If you can hear sirens, car horns and whatever else you need
That “if” is doing a LOT of heavy lifting. Also it’s technically illegal in India, where this was taken
Ok, when I drive with my headphones at a volume that I can still hear my bicycle chain rattling, I’m not automatically worse than someone with their car radio so loud I can hear it 100m behind them. So I don’t think laws that prohibit headphones specifically are necessary, let it be managed by the same laws that bind drivers to keep their radios at a sane level.
But point taken that some governments classify any headphones as distracting, I suspect because one can generally identify radios that are too loud, headphones that are too loud are harder for police to prove.
She’s preoccupied with the thought of picking up a delicious weet cornb.
Side note about driver awareness: I see a lot of cars on the road with rear windows so dirty that they’re virtually opaque. The cars clearly have wipers and washers. I can only assume these drivers never check their mirrors. Baffling.
Rear windows serve no useful purpose. You need to look at what’s in front, not what’s behind
Upvoting because I’m assuming that was sarcasm :)
POV is in a car taking a picture of someone else in a car.
This picture looks like it was taken in India.
LOL.
There’s loads of places where people drive with mirrors tucked in so motorbikes don’t clip them when they drive past while you’re waiting at the lights.
Headphones? Who cares.
What’s with the sun visor? Looks like a partially deflated helium balloon to me.
Looks like she put a plastic bag over the visor
Some kind of a tissue bah attached to it?
Some of them are made out of leather-like material which degrades overtime.
