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/IcedHemp77 10h ago

Would you refuse a deaf taxi driver? Because deaf people can get a drivers license

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u/Galimbro 10h ago

Its illegal to drive with headphones on in many states.

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u/10000Didgeridoos 9h ago

Which makes no sense when you think about it, because driving around with a cranked stereo is no different. Or driving in a quiet luxury car with a stereo at a normal volume.

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u/blue60007 9h ago

Honestly it's not even luxury cars any more. My current and last couple of cars were pretty average (but newer) and were very quiet.

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u/International_Ear768 9h ago

It’s massively different and the fact you even said this is absolutely fucking moronic

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u/afops 7h ago edited 7h ago

There's absolutely no difference. If I hear 0% of what's outside, I hear 0%. If I crank my stereo I could have someone honk a horn or an ambulance siren outside my car, and I wouldn't hear it. Which is why ambulances and police cars also have flashing lights.

And yes I have driven for 30 years, and I have a degree in physics. And a really well-insulated car.

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u/Galimbro 6h ago

True but its a lot harder to get to 0%.

It would hurt my ears to use a stereo to get to 0% hearing outside vs with headphones its very very easy to get to 0%

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u/afops 6h ago

Yeah but headphones also aren’t completely isolating all sound.

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u/afops 6h ago

Yeah but headphones also aren’t completely isolating all sound.

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u/SilverNeptuneAbyss 9h ago

It makes plenty of sense