This story appears in the Oct. 24 print edition of Transport Topics. Twenty deaf or hard-of-hearing people are being considered for exemptions from a federal regulation setting minimum hearing ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Police documents describe the road rage shooting and death of a deaf Indianapolis man last week. The driver, identified as 35-year-old Ryan Hawkins went off the interstate and ...

UPDATE: July 14, 2025: The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed judgment in favor of the plaintiff job applicant represented by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to a ...

Police are a major force on public roads. They influence how drivers behave, and they often evoke strong feelings in those around them. Now, a viral video that came out in 2021 featuring a deaf driver ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Werner lost on appeal a case involving its failure to hire a deaf driver. (Photo: Jim Allen\FreightWaves) Werner Enterprises has ...

(NEW YORK) -- A deaf man who says a truck driving company told him that they would not hire him because he couldn't hear won over $36 million in damages by a jury a month ago. Victor Robinson, who is ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A Polk County resident and member of the deaf community recently passed his Commercial Driver’s License certification thanks to the help from the community, family, and the ...

A federal jury in Omaha returned a more than $36 million verdict Friday against Werner Enterprises for not hiring an Indiana over-the-road driver because he was deaf. The Omaha-based transportation ...

Tesla FSD detects ambulance and pulls over for deaf driver, highlighting accessibility benefits; however, the feature remains ...

Since he was very young, Richard Boehrer has been fascinated with trucks. As a small child, he played with toy trucks and dreamed of the day when he would be behind the wheel of an actual big rig.

United Parcel Service lost its second major disability-bias ruling in a year yesterday when a federal appeals court said the shipper cannot bar the deaf from driving its smaller trucks unless the ...