Group Wants Deaf Rule Rescinded

Group Wants Deaf Rule Rescinded.pdf 

On December 16, 2019 (84 FR 68386) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA),  requested public comments on the National Association of the Deaf's (NAD) petition for rulemaking to rescind the requirement for interstate drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) to be able to hear.  NAD also requests that FMCSA amend the requirement that interstate drivers be able to speak, and the rule prohibiting the use of interpreters during the administration of the commercial driver's license (CDL) skills test.  NAD believes the origins of the hearing requirement dates to a time of misguided stereotypes about the abilities and inabilities of deaf and hard of hearing individuals and the rules should now be changed.  Comments must be submitted by February 14, 2020.