Besides, I would rather hear the sweet tunes in my head right as a car hits me instead of their blaring horn when they hit me (and that’s even if they see me)…

And if you have ever ridden next to Ken when he is “jamm’n on the tunes” you will hear Folk songs, Trucker songs and songs that are hard to put in a category. And while they are good, they are best listened to in the privacy of a car and not broadcasting them down the street, even if it is for a brief moment when I say to him….”on your left.”

I figured that out about the time I had already written the bulk of my response and I was too lazy to delete my crankygram.

I don’t know that I’d exactly say that MarkS is my bud.

He’s the brother that attempted fratricide a number of years ago when we were riding together and he teamed up with his older brother to trash my comic book collection that probably could have financed a comfortable living in my declining years.

Still, as brothers go, he’s not bad.

I agree on the earbuds, too. I can never keep them in my ears anyway. Guess my ears are too small.

Trust me, NONE of these devices will fit in your ear nor COVER your ear. You’d have to be a cop with a seriously bad attitude to try to bust you for wearing one of these speakers.

I have always wondered why both motorists and cyclists are prohibited from wearing headphones, but it’s legal to have a stereo that will rattle windows three blocks away.

If you were referring to Mark S, he’s from Missouri, not Florida. (Although I suspect the law is the same there, too.) About the only excuse I can offer for him is that he was dropped on his head at an early age and sometimes doesn’t show good judgment.

I’m not a fan of earbuds under any circumstances. I find them uncomfortable after any length of time.

Wearing of headsets
(Section 316.304(1), F.S.)

No person shall operate a bicycle while wearing a headset, headphone or other listening device, other than a hearing aid or instrument for the improvement of defective human hearing.

Before you wag your finger at me and tell me wearing earbuds might not let me hear other things like, “Hey! Watch where you are going!” or “Get off the street and back o the sidewalk where you belong!” – it also keeps me from hearing those things. If you keep the level low, you can still hear what you need to hear to avoid any real accidents.