makes a lot of sense!!
We have become a generation that blocks out all that is around us~
What are you, a liberal? I think it’d be great if people put down the ear buds and listened to the world around them... but BAN them?
Learned long ago, never cover your ears when running, walking, or riding. Situational awareness is more valuable than your tunes.
Thins the heard. So what?
Nanny stater much?..............
You make a good point. When I go walking and want to listen to music, I use a single-ear earbud, with the sound low. That leaves one ear for the outside world.
I got my single-ear earbud from Amazon.
Someone is bored this morning.
Lol! They did this in Los Angeles. Had no effect. Just another stupid law. GTFO totalitarian.
Of course mathematically speaking the likelihood that I’ll be in the target area of a terrorist attack is right around my chances to win the lottery. Changing ones behavior for something that’s not going to happen is how scared people act. If I’m in a situation where I want to wear headphone, I’m wearing headphones (not earbud, I don’t like earbuds, they’re uncomfortable and sound like crap).
Probably should have banned the loud music at the concert in Las Vegas, too. So everyone could have heard the first volley and got out.
It turns out that the cop mistook the neck strap on my sunglasses for earbuds, and apologized profusely when he walked up to my car. :-D
-PJ
Nah, too much worrying about other people.
I work in a busy office building.
It pisses me off to no end to have to watch out for and dodge the morons who wander aimlessly down the hall while staring at their cellphones while texting away.
Once in awhile I refuse to give way and when they nearly run into me with an “Ooops, sorry”; I glare at them and say “Please don’t do that.”
The bike/pedestrian trail I ride regularly (Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail) has rule signs at frequent intervals. Among those rules is one forbidding bicyclists from wearing headphones & earphones which just echoes Florida driving laws. What do I see? Need I say?
Myself, I ride with an iPhone on my handlebar playing classical music. It is soft enough that I do hear all traffic. At least half the time I never even turn it on because being outdoors is enough by itself!
Not in favor of a ban and I certainly endorse situational awareness as a key survival skill. The best part is that SA comes naturally if we simply practice it. As someone who gets in the woods regularly, I can definitely say I highly value my hearing as a first indicator of game in the area. It almost always precedes a visual clue.
I recommend you wear them while walking in urban areas, but don’t really listen to anything. They are a great tool for avoiding homeless beggars.
Point well taken, although I don’t think outright *banning* earbuds is the answer. My biggest gripe with earbuds is how they generally make people appear unapproachable and anti-social. Like preoccupation with smartphones, earbuds just make it much more difficult to engage in friendly conversation with others (or flirt with members of the opposite sex), especially in public settings like a gym.
Sadly, I believe America has pretty much decayed into a social graveyard since the turn of the century as more and more folks elect to constantly “plug in” to technology (which is especially observable among Millennials). For all these reasons and more, I won’t wear earbuds out in public and instead prefer to play music directly from my phone speaker at a low volume. This way, I can also still keep my ears fully attuned to the world around me and help maintain my personal safety in the process.
If I walk a track i tend to wear my buds or headset to listen to music
In deep woods especially at night I don’t use music
In daytime deep woods in depends but usually it’s Pink Floyd early stuff
Yesterday I walked deep woods midday in Maury county tennessee
Earbuds with Bauhaus on in keeping with 10/31
I think we grown ups can figure this one out for ourselves
