I’m a cyclist. Within the context of cycling, everyone agrees that using headphones on a bike is very dangerous because it limits your situational awareness. Yet nobody bats an eye at cars playing music with rolled up windows in a much faster and heavier vehicle with bigger blind spots. Driving dangerously is way too normalized.
They very much bat an eye at drivers who use headphones/earbuds while driving–as they should because it is much more dangerous, blocking or muting external sounds while very actively drawing your attention because the sounds are being sent straight into your ear canal.
Hearing through headphones is not comparable to hearing through an external speaker, even in an enclosed space.
Hearing through headphones is not comparable to hearing through an external speaker
Disagree. I think they are very comparable. Wearing headphones in a car is only slightly worse than listening to loud music in the car. Cars have gotten quieter and more isolating, more powerful, bigger, faster, and with bigger blind spots over the years. You barely have any situational awareness if you even roll up the windows, nevermind playing music in any form. The difference between a stereo and headphones is splitting hairs.
I’m a cyclist. Within the context of cycling, everyone agrees that using headphones on a bike is very dangerous because it limits your situational awareness.
No, not everyone agrees with that. I bike all the time with bone conduction headphones, this is not a problem whatsoever.
Seriously, what has gotten into people in this thread?
I left out that detail but I do the same. Bone conduction headphones are ideal on a bike and very different from a normal pair of earbuds or on-ear headphones.
I’m a cyclist. Within the context of cycling, everyone agrees that using headphones on a bike is very dangerous because it limits your situational awareness. Yet nobody bats an eye at cars playing music with rolled up windows in a much faster and heavier vehicle with bigger blind spots. Driving dangerously is way too normalized.
They very much bat an eye at drivers who use headphones/earbuds while driving–as they should because it is much more dangerous, blocking or muting external sounds while very actively drawing your attention because the sounds are being sent straight into your ear canal.
Hearing through headphones is not comparable to hearing through an external speaker, even in an enclosed space.
Disagree. I think they are very comparable. Wearing headphones in a car is only slightly worse than listening to loud music in the car. Cars have gotten quieter and more isolating, more powerful, bigger, faster, and with bigger blind spots over the years. You barely have any situational awareness if you even roll up the windows, nevermind playing music in any form. The difference between a stereo and headphones is splitting hairs.
I’m sorry, but I have to disagree. My experience is very much counter to what you are saying.
No, not everyone agrees with that. I bike all the time with bone conduction headphones, this is not a problem whatsoever.
Seriously, what has gotten into people in this thread?
I left out that detail but I do the same. Bone conduction headphones are ideal on a bike and very different from a normal pair of earbuds or on-ear headphones.