For the most part, I drive by
sound. I can always tell when something
about my car doesn’t sound right. The
tricky part is describing the strange sound and its location to the auto
mechanic.
So far, I have a good track record. “It is a grinding noise, coming from the
right back wheel.” Low and behold, it
was something called a wheel hub, and I needed a new one.
A friend of mine drives at a
disadvantage. He cannot hear as well as
the rest of us, so various noises are left unattended until they become very
obvious problems. Both his situation and mine
require a checkbook reduction, although his has the potential of being much
greater, as things left unattended many times create bigger more expensive
issues.
My thought here is that the ADA
(Americans with Disabilities Act) should have some kind of transportation allowance
for such cases. Just as cities provide
bumps at crosswalks for the blind, the ADA could have funds available for
noises less heard.
Okay, so maybe I haven’t thought
about this completely, but you get the idea. Maybe the auto manufacturers could install
volume enhancers to those parts that most commonly fail. Example:
Squeaky brakes would, for the deaf, be extremely loud and like cell
phones, vibrate at the same time.
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