[Who dat?]

"While UPS offered anecdotal testimony involving situations where a driver avoided an accident because he or she heard a warning sound, the company ... failed to show that those accidents would not also have been avoided by a deaf driver who was compensated for his or her loss of hearing by, for example, adapting modified driving techniques or using compensatory devices such as backing cameras or additional mirrors," Judge Marsha Berzon wrote for a three-judge panel of the appeals court.

Then why does the DOT require that people holding commercial driver’s licenses need to “hear a forced whisper” at however-many (20?) feet?

They sure used to the last five or so DOT physicals I took.

Maybe they should take a shot at the DOT for denying them the ability to hold a CDL.

[steveegg]

The thing is the DOT is the gubmint, and even the Lawgivers-In-Black tend to give defference to gubmint agencies (at least unless they can get away with blaming those eeeeeeeviiiiillll Republicans).

[The Westerner]

Not to mention the fact that without insurance you can't drive in California. It's against the law. If the insurance cos. won't cover deaf truck drivers, then UPS is caught between two government evils.