If this is a repeat, sorry! It's because you have to pay a lot more attention. Driving tends to be an "overlearned" behavior, unless you're a new driver, because you do so much of of it. Therefore having the radio on louder while driving usually isn't a problem. (If road conditions get bad, say, really foggy, you probably turn the radio down, though.) Parallel parking usually isn't done enough to be overlearned, so you naturally turn the volume down because the parking maneuvers demand so much more of your attention. That's all an oversimplication of something from my Human Performance class, but I hope gets the general idea across.
Is it normal to lower the car stereo volume?
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If this is a repeat, sorry! It's because you have to pay a lot more attention. Driving tends to be an "overlearned" behavior, unless you're a new driver, because you do so much of of it. Therefore having the radio on louder while driving usually isn't a problem. (If road conditions get bad, say, really foggy, you probably turn the radio down, though.) Parallel parking usually isn't done enough to be overlearned, so you naturally turn the volume down because the parking maneuvers demand so much more of your attention. That's all an oversimplication of something from my Human Performance class, but I hope gets the general idea across.