Face masks are a great tool to stop the spread of infectious disease so, why wear one alone in your own car?
If you’ve driven anywhere in America recently, you’ve come across that one guy or girl, alone in their car, driving along with a face mask on.
Embed from Getty ImagesMost Americans understand it’s important to use them in crowded, indoor areas, so why wear a face mask alone in your own car?
And now that the face mask has become politicized in a way only the United States does best, seeing someone wearing a face mask, driving around, causes a sub-set of Americans to go absolutely nuts trying to figure out their rationale.
It turns out there are several good reasons people drive around with face masks on, with passengers or solo.
They’ve just come from or are going to a place where they need to wear one.
This is probably the most common case. A lot of mask wearers alone in their cars just came from work, a grocery store, or other crowded area where they needed to wear a face mask.
Most people running errands need to go to over one indoor area so, keeping a face mask on between locations is just…easier.
If the distance between two place is short, it would behoove you to keep it on.
Then you have the absentminded who, rather than risk forgetting to put on a face mask, simply don one on before they head out the door.
They know they have a tendency to forget one so, driving off with one already on ensures they’ll have one on before they’re confronted by a store employee or co-worker.
It’s cold. Face masks make good face warmers.
A lot of new face masks wearers discovered that they warm, humid environment they’ve created in front of their mouth, while inconvenient in spring and summer, can be useful when it gets colder.
It takes a good five to ten minutes for these newer cars to get a nice and toasty interior in the middle of winter. So, while drivers wait for their cars to warm up, you may see some of them wearing a face mask for those first few driving minutes.
They’re an Uber or delivery driver
Ridesharing isn’t going away anytime soon and is a quick and convenient way to earn quick cash.
That being said, Uber, Lyft, and other rideshare drivers need to pick up dozens of strangers a day to make it worthwhile.
Their respective parent company’s all mandate drivers and passengers, wear face masks while operating.
Instead of masking and re-masking between passengers, many rideshare drivers just keep their face masks on while on the clock.
The same rationale goes for delivery drivers, Amazon or not. Delivery drivers are considerate enough not to contaminate your packages. A face mask is a great way to stop that from happening.
To avoid touching your own mouth and nose.
An unfortunate way to get an infectious disease like the flu or COVID-19 is to constantly touch your own mouth and nose.
Some people habitually touch their own face and, rather than risk that, would rather wear a face mask as much as they can before they can wash and properly sanitize their hands.
Wearing a face mask alone in their car is to protect themselves…from themself.
Face masks give solo drivers a bit more privacy
Want to sing alone in your car and not look like a total loon? Face masks have opened up a whole new world of in-car singing for the conscious and shy singers among us.
Sing your heart out with a face mask on. If your windows are up, other drivers are none the wiser.
And, just like tinted windows, face masks make you that much less recognizable.
People have their reasons why they don’t want to be recognized so, face masks are a great way to add a level of anonymity to your business.
To irritate drivers who use the word “sheeple.”
OK, that’s not really a reason but, it brings up a point.
It’s hilarious how wearing a face mask alone in your own car is even a point of contention for so many people.
If you’re so irritated at the site of a solo driver with a face mask on, ask yourself, “Why am I so ticked off at what they’re doing if it has zero effect on my day?”
Face masks. They’re here to stay, in cars and everywhere else.
Get used to it or stay mad.
I always just thought it was because they were stupid or fraidy cats :-/
“Face warmers??” lol!
the people that wear masks all the time, including while driving alone, i’m guessing have never stuck a co2 tester inside their mask and compared it to acceptable OSHA workplace air quality levels
What kind of mask? There are many.
Have you?
No you didn’t.
I’m guessing the author wears a mask alone in the car.
“…a mask.” Wrong, double masks. ?.
Solid!
Written by a true car masker.
This guys a real gem. Everyone one of these reasons is ridiculous. Except Uber driver. Other than that, what a bunch or garbage.
Because they’re completely ignorant of the efficacy of masks, and have absolutely no clue as to the train for wearing one.
Ignorant, biased waste of time article.
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I’m guessing the author of this article not only wears a mask when he’s alone in his car, but also while he’s alone at home. And face warmers?? Really?
Looks like he’s another brainwashed sheep.
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Like wearing a c**dom then putting your undies and pants on and going about your day.
Such weirdos
Because they are *****. Masks do *******
They do what? Ooops. All censored. Go bleat on someone else’s blog post.
The irony of attempting to make a witty comment about “people who use the word sheeple”…..and then telling someone with divergent opinions to “go bleat elsewhere” is laughable. Furthermore, someone obviously on the left saying ANYTHING about worrying about the behavior of others when it has zero bearing on your life….. again laughable and hypocritical….which is thoroughly on brand for such mental heavyweights. Apparently this genius didn’t stop to consider that he wrote an entire article about how people are commenting and discussing their opinions regarding people wearing masks in their car….and that has zero bearing on him. If commenting and opining is “absolutely losing your mind” I suppose that writing an entire article is having a full blown stroke. Thankfully, your lot haven’t gotten your way, and I don’t HAVE to go trash your stupidity elsewhere. I can do it right here. It’s wild to me how much the left has become such a strong supporting parrot of the establishment, and yet still view themselves as rebellious free thinkers. They’ve went from such, to attacking anyone who doesn’t accept and parrot with vigor the directives of the state. We’re four years into this, if your still wearing a mask everywhere you go and in your car by yourself, your a fearful fool who is either unable to think for yourself or are more worried about what other lefties might think than how dumb you look. I clearly need to start writing and submitting content to right leaning sites; the threshold for entry is obviously excessively low when the writer of the articles writing ability is below or on par with it’s comment section. “reasons why doing what the state tells you is good, no great, no imperative!” ????
I cant believe the excuses you thought up for these lunatics.
I imagine they look over at you frothing at the mouth at the sight of them. Haha!
Paulo, where do I even start.
1. Masks weren’t meant to stay and they didn’t.
2. All the science and data proved that even lockdown didn’t prevent Covid related deaths yet alone wearing a mask.
3. When writing an article or any college paper you need to do an extensive research. Everything you have stated is your own opinion.
4. The most important point. You are not an intelligent individual and spreading misinformation. Really stupid.
3. This is a car blog, I hope no one’s taking this seriously.
4. What misinformation? Masks help stop the spread of infectious disease. This is a fact. ?
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So many studies. Here’s one, a randomized controlled trial, aka, the gold standard. Here’s a napkin to wipe the egg off your face.
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html
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