• musubibreakfast@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    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.

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    1 month ago

    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.

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      1 month ago

      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