You said -- "Deaf people are legally allowed to drive? Excuse my ignorance on this one, but isn't hearing a required ability to drive a car?"
Well, your question and a lot of other people's comments here show a severe lack of knowledge about the deaf community. Of course they're allowed to drive. It's never been a safety issue. State *do* issue driver's licenses to deaf people.
AND, that's *one good reason* for having the ADA -- in order to force people (if necessary) to come to terms and understand that these disabilities (that some people have) should not restrict them from doing certain things -- and also -- that society should accommodate them on other things.
I'm glad people are becoming *more educated* here.
Regards,
Star Traveler
That's interesting, thanks for that little tidbit of knowledge! I didn't realize that.