destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 days agoCasually driving with earphones in and mirrors foldedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1301
arrow-up1301imageCasually driving with earphones in and mirrors foldedlemmy.worlddestructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 days agomessage-square89linkfedilink
minus-squareOrgunDonor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-212 days agoYea, earphones aren’t going to make a difference, or maybe you shouldn’t drive with a radio on? Or that the sound deadening in the car doesn’t already block most of the sound outside the car.
minus-squarepotustheplant@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoNot only is it illegal in several countries, it is also proven to negatively impact attention and reaction times.
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoHere’s the problem: if we gave a shit about safety, we’d get pretty close to banning cars. This is like complaining that the internal walls of the titanic should have been a few centimeters higher.
Yea, earphones aren’t going to make a difference, or maybe you shouldn’t drive with a radio on? Or that the sound deadening in the car doesn’t already block most of the sound outside the car.
Not only is it illegal in several countries, it is also proven to negatively impact attention and reaction times.
Here’s the problem: if we gave a shit about safety, we’d get pretty close to banning cars.
This is like complaining that the internal walls of the titanic should have been a few centimeters higher.
Not at all. But ok.