Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
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RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
ORIGINAL: TXSwede
Better than that! I taught Junior High School english in the 70's in inner city Minneapolis for a couple years. I had to take the knives away from the kids who were going to fight that day, and tell on them. I had to tell on the kids with the crack in thier backpacks. And I had to tell Woody's mom that he had died of an overdose of herion in the third floor bathroom, cuz nobody TOLD on him!! So try your preachin on someone else.
ORIGINAL: hdtwice
Aw geez.......what were you in school....the hall monitor?
Stop running!!! I'm going to tell!!
Aw geez.......what were you in school....the hall monitor?
Stop running!!! I'm going to tell!!
Safe rideing to you
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RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
Put it in perspective. O.K. You go on picking and choosing the laws you want to obey, and try to remember you make things very diffucult for those of us who are trying to teach kids to obey laws. Great examples!
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RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
Some states allow you to wear an earphone in one ear, don't know if where you are allows that. Of course, want to somehow make the connection a monaural one so u can hear everything in the music.
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RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
If you want a law changed write your congressman, join your local A.B.A T.E. Get involved in local elections. Or you can just say that the law is 'stupid' and do it anyway. How many poeple think speed limit laws are stupid, or turning your blinker on before a turn, or having two beers and driving? I've known guys that thought laws against armed robbery were stupid. If you think a law is stupid work to have it changed. But you have to obey it till it is. The next time your child is caught breaking one of your rules, I hope thier excuse is 'Its stupid'. You will let him slide then, right?
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RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
From a practical standpoint, what is the difference between listening to "tunes" via headphones while riding, and a cager's use of a cell phone (heck even a hands-free one) while driving. Both take some of your attention off of the road to some extent don't they? Are we, perhaps, establishing a double-standard here?
Just curious, I guess.
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Just curious, I guess.
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RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
ORIGINAL: lapisblue
It's legal for a person that is 100% deaf to ride but you can't wear headphones and ride????
It's legal for a person that is 100% deaf to ride but you can't wear headphones and ride????
Agreed, but up until such time as the public lobbies to have the law changed, it is illegal to ride/drive with headphones on.
Quite honestly however, it would take either a bored cop, or a new one, to worry about it. Unless I am behind you with lights and siren running, and you don't move over cuz you can't hear me, I could really give a hoot.
At the same time it raises a question. You either ride with no helmet, or with a shorty, hence the wind noise in the ears. To cover the noise, which you apparently don't like, you wear earphones......and then complain that it is illegal. Isn't the entire situation something of your own creation? Not trying to be an azz here.....just looking at it from the opposite side of the coin.
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RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
ORIGINAL: lapisblue
It's legal for a person that is 100% deaf to ride but you can't wear headphones and ride????
It's legal for a person that is 100% deaf to ride but you can't wear headphones and ride????
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RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
I met a lady while driving my dirtbike and slowed down for her dog runing around on the trail. This gave her the opportunity to yell at me that the sign said "No Dirtbiking".
"Right", I said ... "that's the sign under other the one that reads "Keep you dog on a leash".
Enjoy your tunes but not too loud to hear sirens etc.
"Right", I said ... "that's the sign under other the one that reads "Keep you dog on a leash".
Enjoy your tunes but not too loud to hear sirens etc.