I believe that I have some degree of paranoid or anxiety but I also remember that there were news or cases that an innocent someone got shot at the back after warning by an officer to stop but he put on headset and didn't hear that, and that someone got crashed by car on the road because he didn't hear the oncoming truck.....
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Are you worried about putting on headset?
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This IS a parnoid question.
Here, and I hope most countrys it is forbidden to wear a headset while driving, although loud music is no problem !?
for the shooting part, just make sure you don't live in America and you'll be fine
Here, and I hope most countrys it is forbidden to wear a headset while driving, although loud music is no problem !?
for the shooting part, just make sure you don't live in America and you'll be fine
For less extreme cases, putting on headset for both ears, chances are when there is oncoming accident you don't notice, people nearby you warn you, shout at you, you may not even notice.This IS a parnoid question.
Here, and I hope most countrys it is forbidden to wear a headset while driving, although loud music is no problem !?
for the shooting part, just make sure you don't live in America and you'll be fine
There's a time and place for everything. Be aware of your environment and make informed decisions on when to use your earbuds/earphones in spaces outside the comfort and security of your home.
For example, it's not wise to wear headphones while going for a walk/hike in most wooded areas where there's a history of predatory animals... it's best to put those devices aside and use the two best sensory organs (the eyes, and more importantly, the ears) to alert you of sudden or abrupt audible changes in your environment.
One should always keep a level of awareness when walking in public space (private too, considering the state of my toes after hitting all that furniture ), ANC has been a push in the good direction for allowing outside noises in, I don't listen to music in public but my friends that do love Bone-conduction headphones.
), ANC has been a push in the good direction for allowing outside noises in, I don't listen to music in public but my friends that do love Bone-conduction headphones.It is because I found that for most incidents happening around us, we hear before we see, for example we almost always hear noise from broken glasses with our ears before we actually see it with our eyes and we will often get alert before we actually "see" it. That's why I am wondering if putting on earbuds, airpods will make it more likely for accident to happenOne should always keep a level of awareness when walking in public space (private too, considering the state of my toes after hitting all that furniture
My dislike with listening to music in public stems from my nearly getting ran over by a bus when living in London and from a lot of near misses when driving and leaning into the rhythm a bit too hard.
As for the logical argument regarding the increased risk, music is by essence distraction, and wearing something blocking the natural flow of sound in you ear-canal be considered distracting.
Is being distracted increasing the potential risk of injury, I'd say yes.