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/TraditionalMap6872 9h ago

So the way I see it (and I could be wrong) there's a difference between someone who is hard of hearing, who can drive. They're aware they are hare of hearing and probably are hopefully very aware.

Listening to NC headphones is a distration, due to the fact that you're listening to something that's not on the road and can be distracted with what's going on.

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u/waldosbuddy 9h ago

But when you’re listening to the radio or a podcast through speakers could you not say the same thing? Aren’t those also “distractions” unrelated to the road?

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u/TraditionalMap6872 9h ago

No because, if someone does honk the horn, I can hear that.

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u/TWB0109 9h ago

If someone honks you can hear it and feel it with ANC headphones on. Headphones are notoriously lacking when it comes to higher frequency cancelling.

I still don't think driving with ANC headphones is a good idea, even loud radio with the windows up feels weird to me, but I'm not a driver so what do I know.