Comments on: Spin Control http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:06:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Kent Munro http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80442 Kent Munro Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:04:42 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80442 As one who grew up in Buffalo, NY, I fully appreciated your story both for its dramatic retelling and to drive home the point that Deafies can drive. Now that I live in MD, I try not to go out during any kind of snow event because I do not trust being on the roads with southern drivers. As one who grew up in Buffalo, NY, I fully appreciated your story both for its dramatic retelling and to drive home the point that Deafies can drive. Now that I live in MD, I try not to go out during any kind of snow event because I do not trust being on the roads with southern drivers.

]]> By: DC Deafie http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80393 DC Deafie Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:55:53 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80393 And how many of you drive with your knees, reading a message on your pager with one hand and drinking a coffee or coke with the other? Or typing a message on your sidekick or blackberry or treo while driving? :::raises hand::: I know I'm guilty of having done that once or twice.... (not in snow or rain, or on winding roads, though!) And how many of you drive with your knees, reading a message on your pager with one hand and drinking a coffee or coke with the other? Or typing a message on your sidekick or blackberry or treo while driving?

:::raises hand::: I know I’m guilty of having done that once or twice…. (not in snow or rain, or on winding roads, though!)

]]> By: sisnlaw http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80316 sisnlaw Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:35:31 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80316 Ah, Wisconsin, don't you miss it? (not) I know I don't! I would have closed my eyes and just hit the cars...knowing me!lol Ah, Wisconsin, don’t you miss it? (not) I know I don’t! I would have closed my eyes and just hit the cars…knowing me!lol

]]> By: Keri http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80238 Keri Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:53:03 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80238 Whooo, what a STORY! By this story alone, you make us Deafies proud! ;) I'm gonna check out the rally link a commenter linked and also send it to my hubby. He used to have a rally car and raced on frozen-over ponds with other rally drivers here in Vermont. I know he misses it. =P Whooo, what a STORY! By this story alone, you make us Deafies proud! ;)

I’m gonna check out the rally link a commenter linked and also send it to my hubby. He used to have a rally car and raced on frozen-over ponds with other rally drivers here in Vermont. I know he misses it. =P

]]> By: Brian http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80155 Brian Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:54:45 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80155 Yes I can relate to your story. Twice I have had a memorial experience on why many hearing people felt deaf cannot drive. For one... I was a delivery driver for a pizza place and my co-workers said "no offense but how can deaf people drive if they cannot hear?" I was like? we are very visual people and we can see sirens and traffic lights and use common sense. 2nd... a friend and I went to a bank to get a car loan. I was interpreting for my friend...yes I am deaf but I can also speak which helps us to get things going faster than pen and paper. The lady was doing our application and ofc she asked "no offense... how can she drive?" Why do they say "NO OFFENSE" when they know it's offensive to ask that question and also we were denied within 1 minute because the woman felt deaf people cannot drive and I told my friend to SUE the bank for discrimination but she did not want to deal with all the hassle. I replied to the bank lady when she asked the question "Deaf people are considered one of the best drivers in the country cuz of the low accident ratio in deaf community compared to hearing community and a magazine was to prove my point". She gave me this dirty look and shook her head as if I am making it up. She was a real bitch, I say! Funny how I never met cops who pulled us over asking how can you drive? so far that has not happened...LOL. Yes I can relate to your story. Twice I have had a memorial experience on why many hearing people felt deaf cannot drive. For one… I was a delivery driver for a pizza place and my co-workers said “no offense but how can deaf people drive if they cannot hear?” I was like? we are very visual people and we can see sirens and traffic lights and use common sense.

2nd… a friend and I went to a bank to get a car loan. I was interpreting for my friend…yes I am deaf but I can also speak which helps us to get things going faster than pen and paper. The lady was doing our application and ofc she asked “no offense… how can she drive?” Why do they say “NO OFFENSE” when they know it’s offensive to ask that question and also we were denied within 1 minute because the woman felt deaf people cannot drive and I told my friend to SUE the bank for discrimination but she did not want to deal with all the hassle.

I replied to the bank lady when she asked the question “Deaf people are considered one of the best drivers in the country cuz of the low accident ratio in deaf community compared to hearing community and a magazine was to prove my point”. She gave me this dirty look and shook her head as if I am making it up. She was a real bitch, I say!

Funny how I never met cops who pulled us over asking how can you drive? so far that has not happened…LOL.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80069 Jessica Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:26:11 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80069 I grew up in Florida for almost 20 years before moving up north. I remember the first few years learning how to drive in the snow. Yikes! Quite a few close calls there. Anyway, thanks for the vivid details. I grew up in Florida for almost 20 years before moving up north. I remember the first few years learning how to drive in the snow. Yikes! Quite a few close calls there. Anyway, thanks for the vivid details.

]]> By: anon http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80055 anon Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:17:21 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80055 studded tires are the answer....and knowing how to "drift". But if you look it up, since 1966, the Arctic Rally (which's part of the Rally Circuit) has been won by a finn every year, except for a sole Swede in 2000. Must be the 5 months of snow and ice they have up there.....not to mention the plenty of vodka those Finns consume. Just keep in mind, those rally drivers do get plenty of sponsor money and don't have to worry as much as you did about wrecking cars or hitting 'fleshy containers of giant potential blood smears'.... From what I read, you seemed to have handled it quite very well especially in such an ungainly car! You could try take up rally car driving. ;-) studded tires are the answer….and knowing how to “drift”. But if you look it up, since 1966, the Arctic Rally (which’s part of the Rally Circuit) has been won by a finn every year, except for a sole Swede in 2000. Must be the 5 months of snow and ice they have up there…..not to mention the plenty of vodka those Finns consume.

Just keep in mind, those rally drivers do get plenty of sponsor money and don’t have to worry as much as you did about wrecking cars or hitting ‘fleshy containers of giant potential blood smears’….

From what I read, you seemed to have handled it quite very well especially in such an ungainly car! You could try take up rally car driving. ;-)

]]> By: A Deaf Pundit http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80054 A Deaf Pundit Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:54:51 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80054 Oohh. That looks FUN! I wanna do that! Oohh. That looks FUN! I wanna do that!

]]> By: Chris Heuer http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80052 Chris Heuer Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:49:40 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80052 Eh. Had to sell it. With the amount of gas I was buying, I single-handedly kept the entire Middle East in business throughout the 1990's. Eh. Had to sell it. With the amount of gas I was buying, I single-handedly kept the entire Middle East in business throughout the 1990’s.

]]> By: Chris Heuer http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80051 Chris Heuer Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:48:48 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-heuer/2007-03-07/spin-control/#comment-80051 Heh... wow. Okay, I admit defeat. Finland has got us Wisconsinites beat. (-: Heh… wow. Okay, I admit defeat. Finland has got us Wisconsinites beat. (-:

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