Foxrac

Tons of trucking jobs ... that nobody wants - Jul. 24, 2012

I want to be truck driver but I already disqualified from get CBL due to Usher Syndrome.

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dereksbicycles

Why do many people not want those jobs? Is it too much time away from family?

Dangerous road conditions? Poor work hours?

Pay not worth the hours they'll have to put in work?

Reba

My son-in-law was a long-distance trucker for a while. He didn't like the time away from the family. Now, because of his leg amputation, it would be harder for him to maintain the CDL. He's happier with a job closer to home.

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Foxrac

I'm not sure about profound deaf people could get CBL, however HoH people are qualify if they have decent hearing from hearing aids.

In Alabama, deaf people could drive school bus (small to big) with specified license but only in statewide so they can't interstate like from Alabama to Georgia. I met one deaf man who worked at ASD and he told me that full deaf people aren't allowed to drive semi truck or 18 wheel truck, but they are ok with school bus.

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DeafTim

Im sure you must be able to hear CB radio so Im not qualified to be long-haul trucker..sounds like a fun job..cant believe it takes eight weeks in trainin and six thousand dollars..nobody can afford that especially unemployed men..just too stressful.

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CrazyPaul

I think there is one deaf member from DVTV driving a semi-truck.

soutthpaw

The Standard DOT medical exam requires the person to "hear a forced whisper at 10 feet away" NAD has already got 45 Deaf truckers waivers for their CDL's. see NAD website for more or for assistance if you want to get a CDL. many Deaf could take advantage of these jobs if the USDOT changed the hearing requirement.. great job for those who don't want to or are unable go to college too
http://www.nad.org/news/2011/10/deaf...d-b-exemptions

Steinhauer

Hey man, if you can get qualified, let's apply together as team drivers

I know of a company that pays approximately $75,000 a year ++ benefits.

By the way, you might be interested in this link:

http://www.nad.org/news/2012/7/actio...-truck-drivers

Steinhauer

Or women ... but you are exactly right.

soutthpaw

Many of the large trucking companies will hire you, train you and repay your tuition if you stay with them for a certain amount of time... They even pay you while you are training.. If DOT would drop the stupid hearing requirement it could open up jobs for thousands of Deafies...

They had the same issue with Diabetes but that was removed after discrimination lawsuits.. If I ever get around to needing a CDL I will apply and then sue the DOT when they deny my medical.. I think that is what NAD is basically doing now...

deafdrummer

I had no idea I couldn't drive a semi-either... Unless I got a waiver...

soutthpaw

Plus that method of assessment is stupid. also it says hear, not understand a whisper.

deafdrummer

What they want you hearing is things like problems with brakes squealing/on fire, a wheel or rim with a tire gone off it, or other hazards, since you are driving a very large vehicle with disastrous consequences if you lose control because of a mechanical failure.

However, I have had to pull over a hearing truck driver with no trailer attached when I saw one of his rear axles with a seized brake on one side smoking. He apparently didn't hear it (it may not be possible over the motor and road noise).

whatdidyousay!

I heard on the news that there are not enough quantified drivers to fill the jobs.

JMH

What about class B license? Are deaf people allowed to obtain class B license? I'm curious.

DeafTim

I remember I was watchin first 48. This long-haul trucker was murdered right in his cab at trucking rest-stop. A local pimp shot him and stole his wallet. Detectives found him and his hooker right across the street where the motel was. Im sure hookers prey on truckers daily and I wouldnt want to be one of them. Winter can be brutal,forget it. I do watch ice-road truckers on history channel. An ace had no clue his back tire was wobbling and a trucker cb'ed the guy and warned him about the tire. He pulled over immediately b/c it was too dangerous.

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Mitt: I have 5 point plan

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Mitt Romney is a scam!!

soutthpaw

Nope, any commercial drivers license in any state requires a USDOTMedical/ Physical. some states you can get a non-commercial class B or and RV class A depending on each state and its mandates

deafdrummer

What is the largest vehicle/trailer combination that a deaf person can drive?It depends on the state. In Texas, you can apply for Classified Driver Licenses A, B, C for driving large vehicles non-commercially. If you are hauling for a living, you have to get the commercial license.

Class A driver license permits a person to drive any vehicle or combination
of vehicles with a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 pounds or
more, provided the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle(s) being towed
is in excess of 10,000 pounds; including a vehicle included in Class B or
Class C, except a motorcycle or moped.

JMH

Wow. It suck to be us! I wanted to learn to fly small plane, but I think FAA won't allow us.

respectyoda

Deaf people can fly private planes.

As for the thread regarding truck drivers, I wouldn't want to be a truck driver because I'd be away from my family, it wouldn't fit with my purposes in life, and it'd be such a hassle to deal with road and weather conditions.

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deafdrummer

Not by yourself... Someone needs to man the radios/communications.

respectyoda

No, Deaf people are capable of perfectly flying private planes by themselves.

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deafdrummer

Point to me how deaf pilots are able to communicate with air traffic controllers.

respectyoda

I suggest you to read this article very carefully. You will find the answer within the article.

Deaf pilot spreads the word: You can fly

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JMH

Okay, I'll try to find a way to contact Greg Lawrence and ask him couple of questions. It's bit puzzled because I know someone who have pilot license (my uncle) and he said communication with air controller is extremely important because of emergency. I'll forward this article to him and see what he say about it.

respectyoda

All right. Let me know what your uncle says.

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A Nihilist

I saw this quote

Well I think that's a little misleading here. This is not quite a total deaf pilot. I can't do radio communication at all and in an emergency I'd have to hope the tower can do text messages.

deafdrummer

Same here. I don't see how pilots can fly behind a motor and hear on the radios. It's amazing! I cannot do it at all because I am over 90% deaf. AND, what if you cannot text nor sign because you need BOTH hands on the yoke AND you need to maintain altitude and as level a flight as you can while avoiding obstacles, especially if you are having engine/flight control issues? No time for it.

I work retail, so that's not an issue for me. I also don't fly at all. I drive everywhere I go.

Foxrac

Oh really, it seems not bad for me so I could drive easily in daytime but more challenged at nighttime, depending on condition of moon.

That's great about NAD is fighting so hard for deaf people to get CBL and I'm considering truck job as backup if I couldn't find any job with decent paying/benefits after completion the bachelor of science degree. I have good driving record and never get tickets, except for verbal warning that was in 2009 for speeding by state police and had 1 minor fault accident, since rest of other 3 accidents are not my fault. Next year, it will be my 10 years anniversary of driving. There is drawback is IBS and I'm concerned that IBS could ruin my job like happened at old job so I don't know about IBS in 2-3 years because it will resolve/disappear sometime. I trashed PPI drugs (no more Nexium) because I believe that PPI drugs make IBS so more worse and my tummy is improving now after stopped those medicine, but my heartburn is worse now. Other is Usher Syndrome and I hoping that my vision will not degrade at all, or extremely slow. I'm working on measurement to delay the blindness indefinitely as I can.

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A Nihilist

That's awesome that there is a petition to get the deaf and HoH folks enabled to drive trucks. After all, deaf citizens can drive their own cars ,why not trucks?

But I do understand the safety and communication issue with the CB radio but thankfully with the latest cellphone technology and relay services it's not that much of an issue anymore.