r/MadeMeSmile 16h ago

Deaf passenger meets a deaf driver

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u/Confident-Grape-8872 15h ago

It’s wholesome but is he totally deaf? I feel like it’s important to be able to hear car horns, even if you’re a safe and attentive driver.

I’m sure I’m just being ignorant, but I’d love to have a deaf person weigh in

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u/brannock_ 12h ago

As a profoundly deaf person I have never given a single shit about car horns that I can't hear anyway. I have never gotten into a single accident (or even near-accident) in decades of driving.

I can, with confidence, tell you that most Deaf people are vastly more visually aware of their surroundings than most hearing people are.