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flstc2003

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MP3 while you ride?
« on: January 12, 2005, 01:54:24 PM »
I got an MP3 player for X-mas and am thinking of using it on my 11/2 hour ride to work.  

Has anyone else done this?

Is it legal?

1 ear or 2?

Bob
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Re: MP3 while you ride?
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2005, 03:26:59 PM »
According to the DMV:

27400.  A person operating a motor vehicle or bicycle may not wear a headset covering, or earplugs in, both ears.

*400.  A "motorcycle" is any MOTOR VEHICLE having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider, designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, and weighing less than 1,500 pounds.

**This prohibition does not apply to: A person wearing personal hearing protectors in the form of earplugs or molds that are specifically designed to attenuate injurious noise levels. The plugs or molds shall be designed in a manner so as to not inhibit the wearer's ability to hear a siren or horn from an emergency vehicle or a horn from another motor vehicle.
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flstc2003

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Re: MP3 while you ride?
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2005, 03:33:28 PM »
aahhh ........ so one ear is ok.

Thanks
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Re: MP3 while you ride?
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2005, 03:46:43 PM »
I got an iPod for Xmas, and have ridden with it several days now. I have not found it to be distracting at all, and I think it would be really pleasant to have on a longer ride.

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Re: MP3 while you ride?
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2005, 03:48:51 PM »
flstc2003 - you've seen me wired up for sound.  So far, I've stuck to just one ear.  Like badnoodle suggested - really great for longer rides!!  :)
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Re: MP3 while you ride?
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2005, 03:19:22 AM »
Tried it for the first time last night. One ear and the only thing I found was it was hard to hear the music on the freeway unless really loud. I am thinking of getting a better ear speaker and maybe attaching it to the inside of helmet or something.
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Re: MP3 while you ride?
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2005, 09:25:37 AM »
I have bizarrely shaped ears, which don't fit earbuds. So I have a pair of light headphones. As for the 'one ear only' factor -- well, one side always seems to get dislodged when I put on my helmet.

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flstc2003

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Re: MP3 while you ride?
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2005, 02:20:59 PM »
I tried the MP3 today. Had it under my jacket on the way to work and could not adjust the volume. On the way home I put it in my pocket and was able to adjust the volume to the road noise.

With my new modular helmet and the music I felt distant or unconnected somehow from the ride. Not sure I liked it.  Felt too much like the truck. I missed the engine nosie  and the wind in my haaa....on my scalp.

Bob
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