PPA: Please obey the rules of the road

[Coolspin]

Yip, situational awareness is difficult enough to concentrate on, particularly during an effort, without having Justin Bieber singing in my ear...

Bieber would cause me to swerve in front of an oncoming car on purpose.

[Quagga]

If you swerve in front of my car because you didn’t hear me coming, yes I might survive and you might die, BUT I will have to live with killing another human being for the rest of my life.

 

So no, it’s not just your life that gets ruined.

For sure you are correct. And i agree with you.

 

I am just saying from a policing point of view. How do you enforce this law and the hearing disable person? 

 

We can not say they are not allowed to ride a bike because they can not hear, right?

 

I know and understand that it is MUCH safer to be able to hear what is behind you, but how to make it a law is difficult.

[Headshot]

Too true Patch!

[Vetplant]

For sure you are correct. And i agree with you.

 

I am just saying from a policing point of view. How do you enforce this law and the hearing disable person? 

 

We can not say they are not allowed to ride a bike because they can not hear, right?

 

I know and understand that it is MUCH safer to be able to hear what is behind you, but how to make it a law is difficult.

You missed the previous point where someone said there are exception to the rules for disabled people.

 

Think Guide Dogs in fancy restaurants.

 

It does not make sense to ban blind people from the restaurant because they have dogs, you create an exception for them. Many rules have real world exceptions.

 

Same with earphones. Someone with a hearing aid will not be punished because they have a device in their ears.

[Quagga]

You missed the previous point where someone said there are exception to the rules for disabled people.

 

Think Guide Dogs in fancy restaurants.

 

It does not make sense to ban blind people from the restaurant because they have dogs, you create an exception for them. Many rules have real world exceptions.

 

Same with earphones. Someone with a hearing aid will not be punished because they have a device in their ears.

But why tell people that they are not allowed to wear earphones as earphone stops them from hearing  which makes them the same as a deaf person ?

 

Edit: Not sure if I get my point accross.....

There is a rule / law that cyclist can not wear headphone as it essentiall make them DEAF.

 

But then you should ban deaf people from cyclling, is that not right?

 

MY opinion is that yes it is more dangerous. 

It will not actively kill anyone else like you can when texting

It is not clever to do!

Edited July 10, 2018 by Quagga

[Patchelicious]

But why tell people that they are not allowed to wear earphones as earphone stops them from hearing which makes them the same as a deaf person ?

Wearing earphones while riding a bicycle is not bad because it makes them the same as deaf people.

 

Wearing earphones while riding a bicycle is bad because it increases the danger for the cyclist and those around them.

 

As with vaccinations, there are exceptions to the rule, but the exceptions should not set the rules.

[Vetplant]

Wearing earphones while riding a bicycle is not bad because it makes them the same as deaf people.

 

Wearing earphones while riding a bicycle is bad because it increases the danger for the cyclist and those around them.

 

As with vaccinations, there are exceptions to the rule, but the exceptions should not set the rules.

I can't explain it better than Patch did here. If you can't get it after this then I can't help you. Edited July 10, 2018 by Rookie85