DeTomaso Mailing List: January 99, Message #214

The logic behind this (It had to be explained by the cop...) is with
both ears covered you might be less likely to hear emergency vehicles.

I responded that no hearing test was required, but that made no points,
except that he pulled out his night stick...offering to test my ears.  He
did
show me where in my copy of the Penal code this law is. He didn't have
his book handy.

At the time I was stalking...um....reviewing public safety activities, with
a scanner running....I had on those "open foam" headphones, and I
made it a point to talk to him, while STILL wearing them, radio running.  It
didn't
matter....even when I could hear HIS police radio over his running engine
and he could not.  (Back before hand held radios.)

Then he "educated" me about wrap around glasses.....You can't
drive with glasses with anything blocking the view at your temple.
That fact that my glasses have a clear panel, and my peripheral vision
is not impaired didn't matter.  They happened to be Smith & Wesson
shooting glasses didn't make this anti-gun cop happy either.

---Murphy's Son



> Chuck wrote:
> > I like the engine song....and have yet to wear plugs while driving the
> > Pantera, but long ago I got a ticket for having both ears covered...
> > illegal in Ca. So I guess here you are only allowed to protect one ear 
> > at a time.
> 
> Illegal, eh? I wear earplugs in the Pantera anytime I'm planning to drive
> it for more than a half-hour or so. Blower whine right behind the glass.
> I have a plan for a heavy-vinyl second layer that's meant for sound
> reduction. When I do it, I'll let you know how it went.
> 
> As for illegal to have both ears covered, I find that rather amusing.
> There
> is no hearing test for a CA license, and you can get one even if you're
> completely legally deaf. What an interesting law.
> 
> In my profession, my hearing is essential (I design digital audio
> equipment
> and software). I'll wear my earplugs in my car. If I get a ticket, I'll
> take them out, then put them back in later. My hearing is better than
> average
> for my age, and I intend to keep it that way.
> 
> The state gets plenty of my money, they're not getting my hearing, too.
> 
> -tom (not that I can hear anything over the noise of the car anyway...)
> '73 euro GTS #6382
>