[MinorityRepublican]

As far as deaf people t-boning fire engines, can you tell us how many times this happens each year? I’m very curious. Can you point to any data that shows deaf people are involved in more accidents BECAUSE of their deafness? I’d like to see that.

A quick google search doesn't show anything. Anyway, here's a good article

In fact, people with long-standing, severe hearing losses are some of the safest drivers around. One of the reasons for this is that we have to rely almost entirely on our eyes. After all, driving is a visual activity, more than it is an aural experience. Sure, we seldom hear horns honking, but when you are visually alert, you have already seen the problem looming before some driver lays on his horn.

[freedumb2003]

>>A quick google search doesn’t show anything. Anyway, here’s a good article<<

Other than an anecdote that is MUCH less reliable than my very specific example, the opinion of a “hard of hearing” site blog is as useful as an article about obozo on KOS or DU.

Your own research (I did more than you did) reveals what I said — the only tests were done in the 1960s and 1970s, did not deal with profoundly deaf drivers, indicated a higher rate of accidents for hearing impaired but the reports of those reports discredited the methodology. Meaning there are NO reports at all!

Which leaves us with: science and physics. 30 seconds to respond to a critical audio cue or 1/1000 seconds to see an askance visual clue. What does SCIENCE tell you? I will help you with some basics: F=ma. m=delta t over delta s. m=2 tons. Solve for s for delta t being 1:30 and delta t being 1:.0001. You don’t have to show your work.