A scenario that some Florida drivers may face is being pulled over by a law enforcement officer and then being unable to hear what the officer is saying. This may result in the officer misconstruing the intentions of the driver and thinking that he or she is refusing to follow instructions, or worse, resisting arrest, which may cause the situation to escalate.
In an effort to tackle such a situation and avoid tension, Florida is launching a new law next week where drivers will have the option of identifying themselves as being hearing impaired when they register a vehicle or renew their driver’s license. The law comes two years after a hearing impaired driver lost his life after being shot in North Carolina when he did not hear the sirens of the trooper attempting to pull the driver over.
The hearing impaired law will be the first of its kind in all of the United States. Other states have sought solutions such as ID cars indicating the person is hearing impaired. With this new law, however, a law enforcement officer only needs to look up the tag of the vehicle to immediately know that the driving is hearing impaired before any type of face to face confrontation takes place.
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