# Do you ever listen to your iPod through your earphones while driving? **URL:** \ **Category:** Safety\ **Tags:** boxster, porsche\ **Created:** [February 10, 2011, 9:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-ever-listen-to-your-ipod-through-your-earphones-while-driving/61140 "2011-02-10T09:00:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sumflow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@sumflow](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sumflow)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 9:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-ever-listen-to-your-ipod-through-your-earphones-while-driving/61140/1 "2011-02-10T09:00:06Z")
![](http://assets.head-fi.org/1/1c/1c6b657e_ipod-road-sign.jpg) Most states have has no state law about wearing headphones when driving a car. There is no national driving law against listening to books on tape, and wearing headphones. Do you ever listen to your iPod through your headphones when you are driving? ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-ever-listen-to-your-ipod-through-your-earphones-while-driving/61140/3 "2011-02-10T13:55:48Z")
If I owned an iPod I wouldn’t do that. iPod? I want to figure out how to install a turntable in my car. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-ever-listen-to-your-ipod-through-your-earphones-while-driving/61140/4 "2011-02-10T13:59:26Z")
Installation is easy. Finding a car phonograph is the hard part: [![](http://www.mopo.ca/uploaded_images/record-player-car-717738.jpg) ](http://www.mopo.ca/uploaded_images/record-player-car-717738.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-ever-listen-to-your-ipod-through-your-earphones-while-driving/61140/5 "2011-02-10T14:03:35Z")
When My Sister’s 65 Corvair Monza Convertible Was New She Had An Under-dash 45 RPM Automatic Record Player. That was one fun car to drive. CSA ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-ever-listen-to-your-ipod-through-your-earphones-while-driving/61140/6 "2011-02-10T14:07:17Z")
Don’t Have An I-Pod, Don’t Want An I-Pod, Don’t Need An I-Pod. I Have 2 Cell Phones And Never Have Them Turned On. I Have A Good Stereo Radio In The Car. When I Drive A Car, I Drive A Car. CSA ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-ever-listen-to-your-ipod-through-your-earphones-while-driving/61140/7 "2011-02-10T14:08:50Z")
If you’re going to pass a law banning that, wouldn’t you also have to ban the deaf from driving? (I don’t drive with headphones, but my car has good noise proofing and a good stereo. The end result is about the same, I don’t hear much that is happening outside the car.) ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-ever-listen-to-your-ipod-through-your-earphones-while-driving/61140/8 "2011-02-10T23:34:30Z")
My iPod hooks directly into my car’s stereo system, I don’t need headphones ---
**Author:** ![rwee2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rwee2000](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rwee2000)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-ever-listen-to-your-ipod-through-your-earphones-while-driving/61140/9 "2011-03-01T19:58:07Z")
Never, the closest I’ve come to is listening to the radio with the speaker built into my helmet. My opinions are subject to change with new facts.