How does a deaf person get a driver’s license? I think you need to be able to hear in order to drive??
"The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) stresses that deafness does not in any way limit a person's ability to drive a car or other vehicles. Consequently, a deaf driver does not constitute a risk for safe traffic."
I'd suppose if deafness was a bar to obtaining a driver's license a hearing as well as vision test would be required.
My wife has one.
No. You don’t.
“How does a deaf person get a driver’s license? “
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Interesting point.
Are emergency vehicles now going to eliminate sirens and klaxons because they are no longer necessary?
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Deaf people get licenses all the time. All road signals are visual, and emergency vehicles have flashing light. In most jurisdictions they’re on a much shorter “leash”, sometimes 1 ticket leads to an automatic suspension, sometimes they get double points. But yes, deaf people have been legally driving in America since shortly after drivers licenses were invented.
I work with two gentlemen who were born deaf. They both drive.