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NJ police stops for deaf and hard of hearing: What to know
View Comments Porter-Vaughn, 54, could see the cruisers flashing lights, but she hadnt heard it: Shes hard of hearing and relies on lip-reading to communicate. “I was playing music and I saw the police siren. I was nervous when the police pulled me over," she said in an email. "I think anxiety increased because of my hearing loss and in wanting to be able to understand." Porter-Vaughn is not alone. Deaf people and those who are hard of hearing say worries over being misunderstood and no...
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Hard-of-hearing and deaf driver safety when pulled over by NJ police
Police typically make more than 20 million traffic stops nationwide each year, according to a Stanford University study. “Often people read lips. We will do our best to communicate with them, and if there is a difficulty we can always resort to writing things down,” said Sgt. Lawrence Peele, a New Jersey State Police spokesman. However, there’s no specific training for troopers who have pulled over someone who is deaf or hard of hearing, Peele said, though he added that police handle...
Source: njherald.com