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/JacobAndor 10h ago

Those are XM6s, $500 headphones with next level noise cancelling, OR a great transparency mode. Yes it looks crazy that he's wearing them while driving, but I know some people that wear them in transparency because it helps boost sounds they may not hear without them as they have critical hearing loss.

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u/BiteInfamous 9h ago

The more you know! Now I feel bad for being judgmental sigh.

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u/SkyEllipt 9h ago

stop taking pictures of people without consent

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u/BlueHawk75 8h ago

I use these headphones for audiobooks. They are amazing. I wear them in the car to give my teen girl and her friends privacy, and so I'm entertained at the same time. For driving it's fine for me but I can see how it may indicate a lack of alertness. If I uber'd as a driver I would probably offer the customer the option of privacy and see what they say.

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u/pix-o-dix 9h ago

Feeling badly may be inevitable given your current state. It will pass!