I there something wrong with my tire?
Do I know someone you want to hire?
You want me to take a flyer?
Once in a parking lot I was slammed into by a bus driven by a deaf guy because he couldn’t hear me laying on the horn. He never slowed down. Thanks Auto Club, for saying it was my fault!
I’m deaf as a post, even with a set of really good hearing aids. I’m into situational awareness though, from many years on motorcycles, amongst other things. My eyes are moving all the time.
Too much kaboomite and gunfire, I turned out to be more sensitive to it than I was thought to be.
“...but he added he had just bought a lottery ticket and hoped his luck might change for the better.”
Yeah...that’s the ticket.
I drove a burning car without knowing it once. I had an old Cadillac, and had to replace the in-tank fuel pump (nasty job). I took it for a drive for several miles and was headed home down a residential street when I passed a house with some people out in the yard. They started yelling “Your car is on fire!”, so naturally I stopped and jumped out. Apparently, one of the fuel lines wasn’t tight enough and leaked gas on the tailpipe or caused a spark or some other cause, but my beater ‘81 Caddy burned to the ground while the cops and firemen watched. I was actually disappointed when the gas tank blew, because all that happened was a “WHOOMPF!” and the gas cap blew about 50 feet. It wasn’t much of a loss, except for the $120 fuel pump, 2 good tires, and my labor in installing the pump (incorrectly, apparently). Oh yeah, and a tank of gas.
No. My truck is not for hire
The “Core Deaf” (the ones who never, ever have heard a sound) are absolutely petrified of being stopped by the police.
If you know one of these folks, tell them to get a placard that says something like “Deaf driver - can you please write it down for me?”, and have it laminated. It can live (upside down) on the dashboard directly in front of the steering wheel. NOT in the overhead visor (”GUN!”), NOT under the seat (GUN!”) - on the dashboard.
First word , Officer shoots his gun ,second word
Unless it is age onset or recent due to illness or other catastrophe - most HOH drives (like me) speechread and pay more attention because we have trouble hearing.
Flour the kids...