Comment on car insurance

• rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You don’t?

  You have to show that an imperfect hearing is not a hindrance, e.g. you won’t hear a siren coming from the left when it’s from the right.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nah I’m hard of hearing and allowed to drive without hearing aids. All our traffic signals are predominantly visual and sirens are treated as a secondary component to the flashing lights. Hell, cops often only use the auditory components when the visual has failed, the visual never fails for me because I understand that I absolutely must rely on my eyes when driving.

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    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i mean, in fairness, how would you incorporate non auditory sirens into a tornado siren?

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      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Flashing blue lights with a pattern mirroring the rhythm of the siren. So a slow undulation of luminosity of blue lights. If you see something like that out of nowhere you’re gonna know something is wrong, it isn’t a fire, and if you don’t recognize the pattern to do as others are.

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• RavuAlHemio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not necessarily, but the state then requires proof that the reduced hearing (1) does not impact balance, and (2) can be compensated sufficiently by the driver (e.g. actively looking out for blinking blue lights because they cannot hear the horn of police/ambulance/fire brigade vehicles).

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