Here are some more fun facts about driving blind, the car horn can be used for echolocation and the exhaust pipe fits a cane to see if there are drivers behind you.
It's really something how when you lose one sense, the other ones make up for it. Blinddeaf folks drive by smell alone, main reason EVs have that added scent since they lack the same smell as gas vehicles.
Good point on the smell thing. I'll be out driving with my blind friend and if we want something to eat he will rattle off all the places he can smell. And he drives there flawlessly
Got me. Not that I believed the text, but that my first brief thought was, there is a raised horn symbol right there that would work just as well. Then I thought, you dummy.
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Here are some more fun facts about driving blind, the car horn can be used for echolocation and the exhaust pipe fits a cane to see if there are drivers behind you.
it's amazing how we have overcome disabilities with new methods
Best parts about driving blind. They save a lot of money on windshield wipers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_echolocation
It's really something how when you lose one sense, the other ones make up for it. Blinddeaf folks drive by smell alone, main reason EVs have that added scent since they lack the same smell as gas vehicles.
Good at pinball too
Good point on the smell thing. I'll be out driving with my blind friend and if we want something to eat he will rattle off all the places he can smell. And he drives there flawlessly
What does it spell? “STOP DRIVING! You can’t see for shit!”
Luckily the little bumps are circled so we can know where they are
I’m loving these Facebook level memes.
Lemmy is usually too high quality so you’re doing the lord’s work.
Got me. Not that I believed the text, but that my first brief thought was, there is a raised horn symbol right there that would work just as well. Then I thought, you dummy.