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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.
 
JMH said:
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.
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All right. Let me know what your uncle says. :)
 
I saw this quote

Lawrence retains partial hearing—enough to understand air traffic controllers more often than not.
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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.
 
A Nihilist said:
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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.
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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.
 
Steinhauer said:
Hey man, if you can get qualified, let's apply together as team drivers :wave:

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

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

ACTION ALERT: Support Deaf and Hard of Hearing Truck Drivers | National Association of the Deaf
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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.
 
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.
 
A Nihilist said:
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.
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Yup but make important communication via texting is unsafe for driving so it looks like you to have pull over to make communication.
 
There is a study showing Deafies are safer drivers than Hearies... so the safety issue is not really an issue. Plus if you have ever been in the cab of a diesel truck you know you cannot hear shit anyway..
 
Foxrac said:
Yup but make important communication via texting is unsafe for driving so it looks like you to have pull over to make communication.
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Well think about it, if you're broken down, you're not really needing to text and drive :P
 
A Nihilist said:
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.
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How does the technology work with the CB radios? CB radios are for broadcasting from trucker to all truckers who are on the same frequency directly. How would you do that with a cellphone or relay? Is it a special app?
 
Reba said:
How does the technology work with the CB radios? CB radios are for broadcasting from trucker to all truckers who are on the same frequency directly. How would you do that with a cellphone or relay? Is it a special app?
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Actually it doesn't. What I meant is that nowadays with cellphones and mobile IM if a deaf trucker is broken down they can use their cellphone to do a relay call to the trucker version of AAA or even do a text message to a friend.
 
Most CDL trucks in the big corporations have satellite capable technology. It tracks the truck, and enables an internet signal anywhere. Kind of almost like the onstar (???) program for broken down truckers.
 
A Nihilist said:
Actually it doesn't. What I meant is that nowadays with cellphones and mobile IM if a deaf trucker is broken down they can use their cellphone to do a relay call to the trucker version of AAA or even do a text message to a friend.
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When truckers use their CB's, it's not just to request help when then break down. They chat while they drive, to share information or to pass the time. They warn about hazards ahead, traffic problems, or highway patrol activity. They ask for references to good places to eat, services stops, or what's up in a local area. Sometimes they just chat to stay awake or break the monotony. They do all this while driving, not pulled over. It's usually hands free and without looking. Also, on CB, they can chat with dozens of drivers at the same time.

That's the kind of CB technology I'm asking about.
 
Steinhauer said:
Most CDL trucks in the big corporations have satellite capable technology. It tracks the truck, and enables an internet signal anywhere. Kind of almost like the onstar (???) program for broken down truckers.
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That's what my SIL had when he was a trucker. The bosses could tell when and where he took breaks, how fast he was driving, what routes he took, etc. The technology is similar to OnStar but the control is different. There is no privacy for the driver at all. The company has all the control.
 
I am late to this thread so am jumping in here at this juncture. There are a number of deaf truckers right now who don't just drive locally but nationally. I know Deaftrucker (Scott) who is all over the USA....operates out of Omaha and he deals with dispatchers all over, using his smart phone. Same way with his company and supervisor. Not a whole lot of compensating is needed by others for him to get the job done.
 
Reba said:
That's what my SIL had when he was a trucker. The bosses could tell when and where he took breaks, how fast he was driving, what routes he took, etc. The technology is similar to OnStar but the control is different. There is no privacy for the driver at all. The company has all the control.
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No privacy? That's really scary. :Ohno:
 
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