I think you're implying that deaf drivers are fundamentally less safe than hearing drivers. Studies have been highly mixed: http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/top

I think you're implying that deaf drivers are fundamentally less safe than hearing drivers. Studies have been highly mixed: http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/deaf-drivers.htm http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/deaf-drivers.htm I would be comfortable saying that the advantages a deaf, many eyed, always alert self driving system would far outweigh the safety of a hearing, two eyed and sometimes alert human driver.