EC could cap MP3 player volume in 2010

"You have to educate them to the risks but ultimately you have to allow personal responsibility and personal choice,"

PSP anyone? :>

By Josefov on 14 Dec 2009

Good. Some cretin constantly plays her mp3 player loudly enough for it to be uncomfortable if I were wearing it, let alone across the bus from her.

By bubbles16 on 14 Dec 2009

nanny state?

If they want to avert noise polution and hearing damage, how about banning 1.2 Vauxhall Nova's from having speakers in the boot?
And what's wrong with their car stereo that they can ONLY listen to rubbish music with the car windows OPEN?

By cheysuli on 14 Dec 2009

LOL, nice one Cheysuli! How about also banning said 1.2 Vauxhall Novas from having those huge exhausts which resemble empty baked bean cans? I saw one at the weekend making one hell of a racket accelerating away from a Halfords store; after about 10 seconds of excessive roaring the car was only doing about 35mph. I don't know what goes in the minds of people with such cars. Why have the sounds of a rally car on a budget town run-around? No matter how far the baseball cap clad youth leaned forward to the steering wheel the car just wasn't going to move any quicker. :-)

By clen_peapus on 14 Dec 2009

@ Clen_peapus, I think the phrase your looking for is "All blow and no go"

By DaChimp on 14 Dec 2009

How about banning 1.2 Vauxhall Novas altogether.

On topic, has no-one pointed out to the EU that the volume will depend on the headphones - and the device will have no control over it if someone plugs in headphones with their own controls. What happened to letting people develop their own common sense and paying the penalty if they choose not to?

By halsteadk on 14 Dec 2009

And what about the idiot with a car that sounds like a 50 year jumbo jet driving past my house 3 times every morning at 6am?

If I'm ever downstairs when he drives past he'll be getting a brick lobbed at his front wind screen!

By a_byrne22 on 14 Dec 2009

And what about the idiot with a car that sounds like a 50 year jumbo jet driving past my house 3 times every morning at 6am?

If I'm ever downstairs when he drives past he'll be getting a brick lobbed at his front wind screen!

By a_byrne22 on 14 Dec 2009

And what about the idiot with a car that sounds like a 50 year jumbo jet driving past my house 3 times every morning at 6am?

If I'm ever downstairs when he drives past he'll be getting a brick lobbed at his front wind screen!

By a_byrne22 on 14 Dec 2009

Novas, etc

I'm afraid you're a bit out-of-date with the Nova comments!

The discerning Chav is now to be seen in a Citroen Saxo. Ideally, this should be painted gold and have all the acoutrements of the Nova - big-bore exhaust to make it sound like a tractor, flared wheel arches, big speakers in the back to play the boom-boom-boom with the windows down, large rear spoiler. For anyone wishing to carry out a study of this phoenomenon, I recommend a visit to your local edge-of-city 24-hour supermarket at about 10pm at night, where the Chavmobiles can be seen in all their glory!

:-)

By davidbryant4 on 14 Dec 2009

Power gone mad!

Will the EC be imposing restrictions on how I eat my Corn Flakes?

By Kotty on 15 Dec 2009

getting back to MP3 players

I thought the iPod was already volume restricted in Europe? For my 3rd gen I used to download a firmware hack to take it off.
Problem has gone away now with decent isolating ear buds.
Anyway, who bought this in? Apple voluntary?

By randomtoast on 15 Dec 2009

the "i" in apple products stands for idiot.

By dodge1963 on 17 Dec 2009