r/mildlyinfuriating • u/BiteInfamous • 10h ago

I'm slightly vexed Taxi driver wearing noise cancelling headphones while driving in the city

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Look I’m PMSing so I’m admittedly in a very nit picky time of my life. But. Don’t love weaving in and out of traffic in a major city while the taxi driver has noice cancelling headphones on. The sound is loud enough I can hear whatever (moderately funny) comedy show he’s listening to in the backseat. This is ill advised, yes?

ETA thanks to everyone who taught me about transparent mode today :)

ETA2 : Okay, I’m the asshole, comments have shown me there’s lots that could be going on with the driver to make him need to use these and there’s way he could do so safely. Mea culpa. That’ll teach me to knee jerk react.

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u/Maximum_Employer5580 10h ago

in most places, the cops will pull you over for wearing headphones while driving, as you can't hear the traffic sounds that you need to hear while driving. That's basically distracted driving

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u/shopmoondustmarket 10h ago

What if you’re deaf? Will taking your headphones off help?

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u/Livebylying 10h ago

Pretty sure if you’re deaf and have a license you can prove it.