Driving wearing headphones? (Scotland)

[Kiltie]

I can't seem to see any definitive advice on this.

I drive a Caterham and it's pretty much impossible to communicate with a passenger when the car is moving.

A solution could be a pair of Bluetooth headsets like these.



Any thoughts on what the BiB north or the border might think?

[No Bend]

Kiltie said:

I can't seem to see any definitive advice on this.

I drive a Caterham and it's pretty much impossible to communicate with a passenger when the car is moving.

A solution could be a pair of Bluetooth headsets like these.



Any thoughts on what the BiB north or the border might think?

I'd suggest they may think, "Och aye thay's too jessies inna silla wee caa anna thay wearin' ed sets"

Otherwise, they aren't telephones, are essentially two way radios like truck drivers use and have the benefit of keeping your ears warm.

[ging84]

they are hands free so doesn't matter what they are they're perfectly legal, of course that doesn't seem to make any difference in scotland where traffic law seems to be made up on the spot.

[grumpy52]

We rigged the Radio shop van with headphones way back in 1973 , it lasted two days before plod pulled us and told us it was a no no .
I think it's legal these days as most rally crews use them when not wearing crash helmets .
If you start to miss giving way to emergency vehicles on sirens then thats another bag of trouble .

[Vaud]

grumpy52 said:

I think it's legal these days as most rally crews use them when not wearing crash helmets .
If you start to miss giving way to emergency vehicles on sirens then thats another bag of trouble .

True.

Although you can be deaf and drive. Interestingly you don't even need to tell the DVLA for cars or bikes.

[Tom_C76]

Kiltie said:

I can't seem to see any definitive advice on this.

I drive a Caterham and it's pretty much impossible to communicate with a passenger when the car is moving.

A solution could be a pair of Bluetooth headsets like these.



Any thoughts on what the BiB north or the border might think?

I and many others in Tour7 have driven round Scotland, England and large parts of the EU with that sort of kit. Never had any issues. You can still hear sirens but it takes the edge off the exhaust at motorway speeds. I have iPod and Bluetooth phone plugged into mine, plus the Satnav for longer tours.

As an aside, don't buy the made up headsets from Starcom or Autocom. Get the standard open face helmet hits and a pair of Peltors from Screwfix and apply one to the other. Much cheaper.

[Disastrous]

Enzo McKenzie said:

"Och aye thay's too jessies inna silla wee caa anna thay wearin' ed sets"

I love how you can tell someone is st at accents by their typing

[Ruttager]

I have a system built into my Motorbike helmet that lets me talk via radios as well as listen to music/satnav. Some helmets come with it all built in. Not a big difference between that and those in terms of what its doing. As long as its fully hands free. Push to talk might be a different issue altogether.

[No Bend]

ging84 said:

they are hands free so doesn't matter what they are they're perfectly legal

I always love the 'it's hands free' argument. If they were telephones, for arguments sake- yeah the headsets are hands free but if you held the dial section in you hand? Not hands free. Using a mobile phone on speakerphone, holding it your hand in front of your face when driving then saying "Yeah but its on speakerphone hands free" is another classic.

[No Bend]

Disastrous said:

I love how you can tell someone is st at accents by their typing

Actually, I have been to Glasgow a number of times and they thought I was a native there, until i said, "Garage"

[Disastrous]

No Bend said:

Disastrous said:

I love how you can tell someone is st at accents by their typing

Actually, I have been to Glasgow a number of times and they thought I was a native there, until i said, "Garage"

If you said it in answer to the question "where should we go now the pub's shutting?" and you are older than a student then I'm not surprised

[Kiltie]

Thanks for the replies folks. They've set my mind at rest.

... and ...

No Bend said:

I'd suggest they may think, "Och aye thay's too jessies inna silla wee caa anna thay wearin' ed sets"

Thanks for making me smile on a dull Wednesday.

[No Bend]

Disastrous said:

No Bend said:

Disastrous said:

I love how you can tell someone is st at accents by their typing

Actually, I have been to Glasgow a number of times and they thought I was a native there, until i said, "Garage"

If you said it in answer to the question "where should we go now the pub's shutting?" and you are older than a student then I'm not surprised

Well, it was back in 1992…. and yes it was in reference to that drinking venue.

Edited by No Bend on Wednesday 19th August 12:57

[Retroman]

No Bend said:

they thought I was a native there, until i said, "Garage"

Seems to be a difference in how it's said depending on the area in Glasgow you come from as well.
I call it "Gerage" - Ger-age

[No Bend]

Retroman said:

Seems to be a difference in how it's said depending on the area in Glasgow you come from as well.
I call it "Gerage" - Ger-age

I say it 'Grr ahhhge'
They all went 'oooh, where are yooo from? It's Garridge'

[Kiltie]

Indeed, "garridge" is correct.

[Slidingpillar]

Actually the way you know two Glaswegians are genuine is if they cannot understand each other...

[ShaunTheSheep]

You're still allowed to hold a radio and talk into it.

Can't see why it's different from a phone to be honest.

Language from the law in question is surprisingly specific, it eliminates the frequencies of 2g, 3g and 4g mobiles

[quote](ii) operates on any frequency other than 880 MHz to 915 MHz, 925 MHz to 960 MHz, 1710 MHz to 1785 MHz, 1805 MHz to 1880 MHz, 1900 MHz to 1980 MHz or 2110 MHz to 2170 MHz.
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