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/cable54 9h ago

Seriously, headphones that have ambient sound mode have been a thing for years at this point. Why are most people here seemingly unaware of this?

This is so the driver can listen to his music without it being blasted to the customer.

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u/SnootDoctor 9h ago

It’s illegal to drive with headphones, or anything that can impair your senses, in Illinois, at least.

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u/cable54 7h ago

Ambient sound mode is literally the opposite of impairing senses.

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u/CptnMayo 7h ago

Reread the post above you

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u/cable54 6h ago

I did, I'm not sure what you point is