Being deaf and driving...

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how hard is it for deaf person to learn to drive
 
This is the dumbest question people have to ask... this question makes me :pissed:


Deaf people can SEE with their eyes, EXCEPT hear!!! simple!!!
 
Not hard.

Got licensed at age 16. Got my first "accident" which was very minor (a dent) at age 20. So deafness doesn't affect one's ability to drive.
 
MostDeaf.com said:
how hard is it for deaf person to learn to drive
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Actually, It is really simple for us deaf people learn how to drive because we become more dependent on our eyes. It's like when you lose one of the sense, the other sense gains in order to work much better. We go through the same procession just as other hearing people do by taking driver's education or other paths in order to obtain a driver's license.

Just to be aware, If you were asked to say "Can deaf people drive?" - That would be taken in a different light only considered to be offensive because we do can drive. We don't let our deafness stop us from doing the daily routine just as much as others do too.
 
Jolie_77 said:
Actually, It is really simple for us deaf people learn how to drive because we become more dependent on our eyes. It's like when you lose one of the sense, the other sense gains in order to work much better.
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Jolie U are correct! Thats why i told mom i rather be Blind than deaf.Cause Blind people have much stronger hearing than people who can see.Blind People can hear you whisper 50 feet away and they know when youre talking about them.Why you think Ray Charles played exceptional music? You gotta hear notes in order to create music.See i loved rock n roll i truly belive if God Made me Vison impared instead of Hearing impared in the begining id would have been a Rock Star today.
 
Jolie_77 said:
Actually, It is really simple for us deaf people learn how to drive because we become more dependent on our eyes. It's like when you lose one of the sense, the other sense gains in order to work much better. We go through the same procession just as other hearing people do by taking driver's education or other paths in order to obtain a driver's license.

Just to be aware, If you were asked to say "Can deaf people drive?" - That would be taken in a different light only considered to be offensive because we do can drive. We don't let our deafness stop us from doing the daily routine just as much as others do too.
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Good post. Why don't hearing GET IT that driving requires eye-coordination, not eye-ear-coordination???

FYI, a person with severe usher syndrome is not allowed to drive. what does this mean? it means that any time a person with limited EYES is not feasible to drive at all.
 
Buckdodgers said:
...See i loved rock n roll i truly belive if God Made me Vison impared instead of Hearing impared in the begining id would have been a Rock Star today.
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Buck...you can't even handle being deaf let alone being visually impaired.

Worry about where you are right now, not about some fantasy world that could have been. Just accept your situation and make something of it...life is not fair...okay!?!
 
KINGOFNOOBS said:
Good post. Why don't hearing GET IT that driving requires eye-coordination, not eye-ear-coordination???

FYI, a person with severe usher syndrome is not allowed to drive. what does this mean? it means that any time a person with limited EYES is not feasible to drive at all.
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You're right - A limited vision will only impair your driving abilities unless you have a corrected vision (ie, eyeglasses, lasik, so and on) which can be helpful.

Btw, driving of course requires eye to hand coordination. If it wasn't for the hands, How can we drive? Perhaps a technology that will exceed only to command to our eye movements by steering the wheel? :lol: (Yeah I know, It's a wishful thought, ha)
 
It wasn't hard at all, I got my driver license at the age of 17, didn't take no driving classes, my own step mother taught me how to drive and I've been driving ever since the age of 17 and haven't got a single speeding ticket and my first car accident was when I was 17 , some jerk decide to stop in the middle of a busy street :pissed: ....
 
Being able to drive and being able to hear shouldn't be an issue, but it is, unfortunately. I have a class A cdl, am hoh with two hearing aids. If I can drive a semi truck, anyone can. Unfortunately, the DOT (Department of Transportation) says that a person must be able to hear a whisper. This is so stupid that it doesn't deserve comment from me, but will open it for others. Remember, let's keep this to the topic of driving.
 
sr171soars said:
Buck...you can't even handle being deaf let alone being visually impaired.

Worry about where you are right now, not about some fantasy world that could have been. Just accept your situation and make something of it...life is not fair...okay!?!
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:gpost:
 
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