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 ...

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

Nebraska-based Werner Enterprises must pay $335,682 in a disability discrimination case involving a deaf truck driver. A jury verdict had earlier awarded $36 million in punitive damages and $75,000 in ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - A federal jury has rendered a $36 million judgment for a man who was deaf and was turned down for a truck-driving job by Omaha-based Werner Enterprises, despite ...

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 ...

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 ...