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		paulryanrogers 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The War on the Walkman > Wearing headphones while driving is illegal in most places, as it should be. Where is this? Is it illegal to drive deaf?

ta1243 5 months ago [–]

Sadly it is in France, although not because driving while not being able to hear is bad (otherwise car radios would be banned), but because they wanted to ban it for cyclists and motorbikes.

https://www.visordown.com/news/general/france-bans-earphones

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