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Posted by Technobarbarian on 12/02/06 21:55
"Andrew Price" <ajprice@free.fr> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 09:47:46 -0700, "Technobarbarian"
> <Technobarbarian-ztopzpam@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>If they are illegal wouldn't there be a reason for that?
>
> Yes - foolish and/or misguided legislators, who themselves are not
> cyclists. The same who have imposed compulsory helmet laws in some
> countries...and whose attempts to do so have been rejected in others.
WTF LOL California just passed a law *requiring* earbuds, headsets or
speaker phones for those fools who spend all their life hooked up to a
telephone.
http://www.aimncom.com/mc_news/cst2cst/2006/1006p.html
"CALIFORNIA GOES HANDS-FREE California lawmakers have joined New York and
New Jersey in requiring drivers to use hands-free headsets, earbuds or
speaker phones.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the ban on handheld cell phone use while
driving, and the new law goes into effect in July 2008. Violators face a
whopping $20 base penalty - local fees can be added in - that rises to $50
for subsequent offenses."
While at the same time:
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc27400.htm
27400. A person operating a motor vehicle or bicycle may not wear a
headset covering, or earplugs in, both ears. This prohibition does not apply
to any of the following:
(a) A person operating authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Section
165.
(b) A person engaged in the operation of either special construction
equipment or equipment for use in the maintenance of any highway.
(c) A person engaged in the operation of refuse collection equipment who is
wearing a safety headset or safety earplugs.
(d) 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.
(e) A person using a prosthetic device that aids the hard of hearing.
And ta think! They'll let a deaf person ride a bike or operate a motor
vehicle! LOL, at least they're not singling out just bike riders and they're
letting you have one earbud. Too funny, I thought you guys was kiddin' about
there bein' a law.
TB
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