RTO rules for hearing impaired people in India?

Feroz

You are right. India unlike USA, Australia still have rule on not to issue driving license to disabled persons. But we a few ppl have to fight to get our license with good reason and proving them by a test-drive or something like that. Thats why i got my driving license only by forcing them to believe in me that i can drive without any problem mainly depending on mirrors and speed controlling while turning round.

Now tell me what if there is no mirror (interior/side) with a car, and a normal hearing driver tries to drive only depending on hearing to sound/noise? Or can a driver follow a single sound horned by a car on a loaded road with a lot cars horning together?

Regards

Som

@Rishita

If you can post some lights/views with ur own feelings towards driving with disabilities like Feroz/Rohit, this thread will definitely draw others' attention. May be i'm criticising ur suggestions (which negatively hide/push the real storyline of the topic beyond others' eyes), but i would like to request u to spend ur brain on what u feel or think or realize on any topic no matter its out of ur business.

Regards

Som

@ Som

I am extremely sorry for entering the scene here and not minding my business, as seems your opinion..

@MODs, Can I make a request to you to kindly delete my posts from this thread?

Sorry for the inconvenience caused to all.

@Som Sarkar,

As a hearing impaired driver, you will have certain disadvantages while driving as compared to normal people - all of them related to sound. Some of them are:

• A car coming from behind you which is in your mirrors' blind-patch - i.e., it cannot be seen in the mirror due to its position relative to your car. Here, since you cannot hear the other car's driver honking, you will not have any idea of that car - this may put you (and the other car) at risk if you get into the other car's way (and that fellow does not slow down)
• Any audible cues that a normal driver may have while driving will not be available to you. For example, a normal driver can know if any vehicle is close to him from behind/side simply by that vehicle's engine noise and can judge without actually looking out how far that vehicle is or if he needs to correct his car's course and so on.

However, you also have certain advantages:

• You will be more alert and proactive in order to prevent any mishaps.
• Loud sounds will not alarm you - sometimes a sudden loud honk can catch a driver off-guard and startle him...not so in your case.

@ Rohit

Your points are undeniably good. I totally agree with you regarding those disadvantages you mentioned. But while driving i mostly take my wife or dad/mom/friend who can guide me to avoid any chaos raised by sound.

Followings are what i follow while driving :

1. i always drive on one side of the roads so that all other cars can run passing my car instead of honking. Mostly other cars drive in either middle or both sides of roads with no certainty as far as they feel to drive. In this case i avoid to drive in middle line of the road.

2. When its about to turn round left/right, before i first come closed to that side by understanding the situation of the road behind my car through the internal mirror and side-passenger window at some distance from turning side/crossing point, then reach the turning side point and abridge car's speed, then finally take the turn if i find there is no car coming from that side.

Too much alerts i have to follow, na?!

Regards

Som

@Som: Rishita's post was in the best interest of everyone(especially you). Posting relevant views or comments would keep this thread highlighted. So more people will notice it and it will in turn work in your own benefit.

I must say here, the result are more important than the way we do it.

The points mentioned by Rohit are quite important ones. The reasons are very important because accidents can happen because of your carelessness as well the other persons.

Regarding the vehicle without mirrors: That is quite possible a thing. There have been couple of instances where i've driven lots of distances without even adjusting the mirrors(They would be in some odd position). It is not at all a problem if you are sticking to your lane and driving at a moderate speed.

@Rohit: Good work there buddy.

@ Ami

Well, so is it possible to drive without mirrors at different points of which some are on one side-lane, while others are opposite side-lane? Say, u start from ur home, ur plan is to go to first bank, then go to some shopping malls, then go to clubs to meet friends and back to ur home. In 99.99% cases all those destinations don't fall on one same side-lane.

So i can only agree with u regarding that possibility in some 'rare' case, but not in common-daily case.

However, i completely feel same as u feel about the turning point of this thread. ha ha ha...

Cheers

Som

Even though it doesnt fall on the same line, a mere turning back would help you with the switching of the lines and stuff.

You know the quality of answers/responses received in response to your query.

The issue raised by Rishita isn't useless.  Members here are expected to bring such things to the notice of Mods.  Rishita did understand & clarify (post #6 & 10). The matter has also been explained to you by Rohit & Ami.

That's impolite & unwarranted for.

No, it's not required.  You have done what is expected of each member.  As far as Som's query is concerned, others have responded well - Som cannot deny the fact.

@Som, I by & large concur with your views on driving abilities one can have despite the handicap you suffer from.

Incidentally, my father-in-law turned deaf accidentally at the age of 40-45.  His driving license wasn’t renewed subsequently – despite his efforts – for the fact that it is not permissible as per RTO rules/guidelines. Since then, he is without a license – can’t/doesn’t drive any vehicle.

I have also done driving earlier with out using the mirrors, but now a days very particular about using them.

You can see many drivers keeping the ORVM in folded state in streets and many trucks with projected over loads plying on the high ways. Even if driver turns 180 degrees his vision is obstructed by luggage; not to tell about the mirrors.

Som, did you have any mishaps or bad incidents during your drive that is connected with hearing?