Comments on: The Israeli police will turn hearing aids into a popular fashion http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/2008/03/18/the-israeli-police-will-turn-hearing-aids-into-a-popular-fashion/ Accessibility, Crazy (Event Gripping) Ideas Mon, 21 May 2012 20:30:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Omer Zak http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/2008/03/18/the-israeli-police-will-turn-hearing-aids-into-a-popular-fashion/#comment-1050 Omer Zak Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:22:02 +0000 http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/2008/03/18/the-israeli-police-will-turn-hearing-aids-into-a-popular-fashion/#comment-1050 I feel alarmed by the deafnessresearch.org.uk article cited above. The article suggests that hearing is essential for safe road crossing. Such an attitude may result in all kinds of restrictions on the movement of deaf people, making them more handicapped than they are today. I doubt whether advocates of such policies would underwrite the extra disability payments, to which deaf people would be entitled if they become more handicapped (i.e. they lose some earning ability) due to those policies. The real lesson MP3 users should be taught is to pay visual attention at all times, whether they are crossing a road or not. Contrary to what several people think, hearing is neither necessary nor sufficient for safe motoring (car driving) or road crossing. Concentration is what is necessary. This is evidenced by the fact that deaf drivers have lower (!) accident rate than the general population - they naturally pay more visual attention to their surroundings, to compensate for lack of audible signals. I feel alarmed by the deafnessresearch.org.uk article cited above. The article suggests that hearing is essential for safe road crossing. Such an attitude may result in all kinds of restrictions on the movement of deaf people, making them more handicapped than they are today. I doubt whether advocates of such policies would underwrite the extra disability payments, to which deaf people would be entitled if they become more handicapped (i.e. they lose some earning ability) due to those policies.

The real lesson MP3 users should be taught is to pay visual attention at all times, whether they are crossing a road or not.

Contrary to what several people think, hearing is neither necessary nor sufficient for safe motoring (car driving) or road crossing. Concentration is what is necessary. This is evidenced by the fact that deaf drivers have lower (!) accident rate than the general population - they naturally pay more visual attention to their surroundings, to compensate for lack of audible signals.

]]> By: PeachUK http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/2008/03/18/the-israeli-police-will-turn-hearing-aids-into-a-popular-fashion/#comment-1048 PeachUK Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:45:52 +0000 http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/2008/03/18/the-israeli-police-will-turn-hearing-aids-into-a-popular-fashion/#comment-1048 Although there is no law in the UK about it (yet!) you may be interested in the following article which is on the same subject : http://www.deafnessresearch.org.uk/MP3%20players%20on%20roads%20can%20kill,%20warns%20new%20campaign+3221.twl Although there is no law in the UK about it (yet!) you may be interested in the following article which is on the same subject :
http://www.deafnessresearch.org.uk/MP3%20players%20on%20roads%20can%20kill,%20warns%20new%20campaign+3221.twl

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