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Originally Posted by Neil
...I find it hard to believe a standard fit system could be loud enough to cause a problem outside the car.
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The radio in my old Ford can produce enough noise that I can't hear the engine or anything going on outside the car, and that's a factory fit...
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Originally Posted by Neil
Now if we are talking about very loud music in cars that is different. I do think it can effect you in a may that could make driving unsafe. You can't hear or feel the engine revs which can make setting off from a junction feel different for example.
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Maybe, but that doesn't really matter - they are just knackering their own clutch. The bigger problem is being able to hear ambient noise from outside the car. I was driving through Simonstone about three weeks ago and could hear the dull thud coming from the beemer behind me. I could hear a siren, and when I saw the blue lights behind me I slowed to let it pass - the beemer driver tried to overtake me at the same time the ambulance did.
He realised just in time because the oncoming traffic saw what was happening and swerved to avoid the ambulance. Then, the idiot tried to pass me once the ambulance had gone!