driving while listening to music on headphones

[chirpychirpy]

are you legally allowed to drive a car while listening to music through headphones?

[ummmm]

Well you can talk on hands free.....

Don't know the answer though.

[sara3]

this is all I could find from the Highway Code. be sensible. can you hear a car horn with your headphones on? I should think it's no different from listening to loud music in the car..

148

Safe driving and riding needs concentration.

Avoid distractions when driving or riding such as

* loud music (this may mask other sounds)
* trying to read maps
* inserting a cassette or CD or tuning a radio
* arguing with your passengers or other road users
* eating and drinking
* smoking

[stoofur]

I have already asked this question a while ago.....

http://www.theanswerb...s/Question758247.html

Hope this helps

[razza]

A couple of years ago I read where a driver who had earphones on smashed into an emergency vehicle at traffic lights because he never heard its sirens.Well thats what was presumed at the inquest.