Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
Road Captain
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From: St.Louis, MO
RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
Oh.....that is just Bull Sh$t. Is that exclusion on the books.
Sometimes I wonder if some cops pick on bikers. We're
all in someway part of Hells Angles you know.
Sometimes I wonder if some cops pick on bikers. We're
all in someway part of Hells Angles you know.
ORIGINAL: TXSwede
Thats the excuse I gave the cop in Palm Springs 30 years ago! He said that thier other senses were hieghtened to make up for it.
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????
Road Master
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From: Central FL
RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
It is not legal here in GA, but it is legal in most other states. A pretty good ref is here. I still wear my shure earphones in GA and have not had a problem. At 70 or 80 mph, the wind is so loud that it doesn't make a differnce anyway (no windshield).
I have to add that the Shure in ear earphones (I have the e2c) were worth every penny of the $74 they cost. They loop over your ears, stay firmly in place, are very comfy! I used them on my trip to FL and back with very little problems.
I have to add that the Shure in ear earphones (I have the e2c) were worth every penny of the $74 they cost. They loop over your ears, stay firmly in place, are very comfy! I used them on my trip to FL and back with very little problems.
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From: Los Angeles, CA
RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
Who is angry about this post? Just asking a question and once again stating my own opinion. I also think it is stupid to ride drunk, or endanger anyones life including my own in any other way. I said it was stupid becuase I didn't feel I was endangering anyone's life anymore than the loud car with the boom boom music talking on the cell, Im'ing his girl and bitchin at his friends at the same time. If id do it while tweaked to the gord, that is a different story. Can't we all jsut get along. I even understand the LEO's stance. That is the law. Period. Duh. People act like I am personally insulting them in here. WTF? Take a chill pill. Thnaks for your opinions. As far as this issue is concerned I am with clammy. music.
Road Master
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From: Dogtown, Oakland, CA
RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
ORIGINAL: TXSwede
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!
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!
More importantly, this isnt an elemetary school. In fact, as an adult, I do lots of *legal* things that are not designed to be instructional to children.
As for perspective, going 56 mph, or wearing earphones while riding is very different from your examples of children doing crack in school, or getting into knife fights. If recognizing that counts as "picking and choosing" in your book, then you need a new book.
Road Master
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RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
There ought to be a law prohibiting Liberals from making laws. If you're too frickin stupid to turn the music down while you're on your scoot, you're also probably too stupid to pull over to use your cell phone or read a map too. No laws on the books against stupidity, and even if there was one, do you honestly think people would stop being stupid because it was against the law? Gimme a break. Give us ALL a break.
Ear phones! Write the ticket.
Ear phones! Write the ticket.
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From: Austin TX
RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
In your original post you said 'let the lectures begin' I was just trying to occimidate you
And you think you are being insulted? What about me? Now I condone slavery!!
And you think you are being insulted? What about me? Now I condone slavery!!
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RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
In the first reply I said I did.
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RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
Nope. Have never written one either. I figure, if you can't hear that 80,000 pound fire truck coming thru the intersection lights and siren a'blazing cuz of your headphones, and you get nailed, that is just God insuring that the gene pool gets cleaned up.
no, I am not condoning the death of ANY motorist, so DON'T read into that
no, I am not condoning the death of ANY motorist, so DON'T read into that
Road Master
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From: Central FL
RE: Who has been stopped for having earphones in while riding? Anyone?
Just for clarity, like Clammy, I only wear them on long rides and at relatively high speed. If I didn't wear them I would wear earplugs.