I'm Perfectly Safe On The Roads, Says Blind Driver

Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 9/5/2006 | Nick Britten

[South40]

I'm Perfectly Safe On The Roads, Says Blind Driver

And "I'm perfectly safe around your daughter" says bill klinton.

[kenth]

At least he has ABS.

Aziz, who also suffers from leg tremors...

[motormouth]

Thank God he didnt injure himself further or anyone else, however, I have seen drivers that HAVE two eyes and still drive worse than him.

MM

[N. Theknow]

Well, this explains the use of braille on the drive-up ATM machines' buttons.

[Velveeta]

So many questions...

[freebird5850]

Winner!

[No Blue States]

Being as he is blind maybe he can help OJ find the real killer.

[austinmark]

DEAF/HoH Ping.

[wallcrawlr]

Deaf/Hard of Hearing ping list
with interests in health and society

[cva66snipe]

He must have seen "Hear no evil see no evil" and decided to attempt to play both Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor.

Seriously though overcoming or adapting to a disabilty is one thing being an idiot and an intentional threat to everyone elses saftey and well being is quite another. Disabilities does mean certain limitations.

[MinorityRepublican]

Recently, I saw a person in a car carrying on a spirited conversation on the cell phone. Like you said, "he was weaving all over the place. A truly dangerous dumbass."

[dmw]

I was almost run over by a lady (who was NOT deaf) who came within one foot of me before she stopped her car. She was distracted talking on her cell phone. She was truly a dangerous dumb-ass!

[Myrddin]

I agree there are all manner of dumbass drivers who don't pay attention for various reasons. I cited a specific case of a deaf driver who was carrying on a "conversation" with both hands, eyes on his passenger and driving in a single lane construction area. Two handed sign language in a moving vehicle is totally irresponsible behavior. A deaf driver can be perfectly safe or just as distracted as any other driver.

BTW, I'm not picking on deaf people. For years I converted old teletypes for use by the deaf community. I also integrated the deaf community into our Sunday school classes with live signing. The Sunday school proved so popular that we spun off a whole deaf ward drawn from the surrounding community.

[merry10]

Yes, you can't drive in a single lane construction area and sign with both hands or actually even one hand. That's just silly. But also, you should not be on the cell phone in a single lane construction area either.

I think it's great that you've reached out to a new group that many people don't consider (with your church work). wallcrawlr has a deaf/hard of hearing ping list; let him know if you want to be added to it.

[Myrddin]

It was actually my involvement in ham radio that first offered an opportunity to help. The ham swap meets had old teletype machines for sale. I refurbished one for use on 220 MHz RTTY. It wasn't all that hard. Another of my ham friends was buying them to do refurbishments for the deaf community. He had a garage full. I helped him get all of them up and running. When I decided to move to a computer (Heathkit H-8 in 1981), I sold my whole setup to a guy who was both deaf and a ham.

The church opportunity happened by accident and turned out a great success. It was a good experience for everyone.