California Laws 2016 - Biking to Music With Ear Buds

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California Laws 2016 – Biking to music with ear buds (Vehicle Code 27400)

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January 22, 2016 | Rabin Nabizadeh | Traffic

The California state legislature enacted 807 new laws during the 2015 legislative session.

California law previously prohibited wearing any headset that covered both ears while driving a vehicle or riding on a bicycle. This year, law CA Vehicle Code Section 27400 was amended to, essentially, ban ear buds while driving or riding a bicycle.

With certain exceptions (such as persons operating authorized emergency vehicles and individuals wearing hearing aids), the law now provides:

“A person operating a motor vehicle or bicycle may not wear a headset covering, earplugs in, or earphones covering, resting on, or inserted in, both ears.”