Radio in a car

debodun

debodun

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Given the situation that you are traveling with someone you know in THEIR car and they have the radio on a volume that you feel is louder than your comfort level allows. You have asked them politely to turn it down and they take no action would you -
1) just put up with it, or
2) adjust the volume yourself
 

It's their car. Unless you are paying for the ride it you have no right to adjust the volume. I would think most people would respect your wish to have the volume at a level you like but if not you should respect their wish to have the volume at the level they like.
 

Short trip...no worries just go with it. Long trip....offer to buy the next tank of gas if they turn it down or even better: off.
 
Wen I'm alone I have the radio blasting but when my wife is with me I turn it off. If I was giving someone a ride I'd probably turn it off but I was accepting a ride from someone I'd leave it up to them.
 
I like Llynn's suggestion. If that didn't work....plug up your ears. I don't feel you have the right to adjust the volume in someone else's car unless it's someone like your husband, son, daughter....close relative. And if they are that close...why don't they respect your need to have the volume lowered?
 
When I have a passenger in my car, I want to talk to him/her; not listen to the radio.
It's a good thing I'm like that because I'm half deaf & I know the volume for me would be deafening to someone with normal hearing.
Even when I watch TV, I keep my windows closed so my neighbors don't hear it.
 
Is this the same woman who gives you rides, but you've complained about her driving? I think I'd let you off on the corner by a bus stop.
 
Partly, the answer to this question would depend on how loud is "too loud." In the scenario you describe, the volume could be up to deafening level, and the "polite" request to turn it down was not heard because the driver is hard of hearing. I don't think the guest in someone else's car should be adjusting the volume, though. If it's really extremely loud, maybe bring it up the next time you see that person, hopefully without loud music drowning you out.

If the driver feels they really need to keep it on at a level that is uncomfortable for someone else, it seems to me that the "someone else" person should find a different means of transport.

(Geez, I sound like Miss Manners!)

P.S. Also, is this other person a friend? An elderly relative? Your teenage kid? An Uber driver? Partly, the answer depends on the relationship between the two people.
 
mike4lorie said:
I'd reach over, and turn it down or off, and say I cannot hear what you are saying...I find that very rude when people do that, I don't care if it's their car...
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If someone to whom I was giving a ride was so rude as to mess with the controls in my car, including the radio, they would be looking for a ride from someone else next time they needed one. It's like going into someone's house and changing the TV channel or messing with their thermostat.

That said, when I have a passenger in my car, I do not turn on the radio.
 
Butterfly said:
If someone to whom I was giving a ride was so rude as to mess with the controls in my car, including the radio, they would be looking for a ride from someone else next time they needed one. It's like going into someone's house and changing the TV channel or messing with their thermostat.

That said, when I have a passenger in my car, I do not turn on the radio.
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@Butterfly, then I would not need to touch your controls... Would I??
 
First I would turn it down and then advise the person that he should price hearing aids, because he will need them.

Hearing aids are not cheap and they are a PITA. Not being able to hear is worse.
 
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