Can we drive with ear buds/headphones on?

The sounds from the radio etc do carry somewhat from the driving compartment back to the sleeper. There is no door between the cab and the sleeper but rather what is essentailly a vinyl lightproof curtain. Closing the curtain cuts down on the noise from the cab but doesn't eliminate the noise back to the sleeper.

 

I see alot of drivers wearing headfones while driving

 

It is extremely noisy in the fire truck. It is the radio to the dispatch and internal command on the system. It depends on the jurisdiction.

 

Part of your D.O.T. physical is a hearing test. One doctor I went to, had me face away from him, and he was about 10 feet away from me. He would whisper something, and I would repeat it.
Had a nurse do the same thing at another clinic.
So, with a hearing test during a D.O.T. physical, could a deaf person pass the physical?

 

Here's what we do. On the surface streets we turn the the sounds off. too much can happen while on the surface street there's just too much noise you have to be turned into. Once up on the interstats we crank them up buy you have to mov e you eyes more.

Just use common sense, if you're droving in an area where you need to hear the truck the just put the sounds away.

You don't have to use all your sense all the time but if you think you have a proublem then you'll want all you have. Be safe and make money.

 

I'm a independent driver. So, I can drive with ear buds I blast them in my ear. I can still hear, if a emergency vehicle have their flashing lights and sirens on I can hear it. I'm good every once in a while I use my speaker. My favorite song is country the best country music is Sam Hunt Body like a Back road.

 

Them earbud things n headfones is why i cant get a smokey report on ch19---------Thanks alot!

 

If you use one earbud, use mono audio and set the balance all the way to left or right, depending. Otherwise it sounds horrible on tracks that use left/right channels.