We take it for granted that blind people can't drive cars, but hey, what if they could? A Colorado driving school puts a group of blind teenagers through a car control class in this Associated Press report.
It's kind of interesting if you listen to what the kids (and instructors) are saying. They talk about how the car feels in a skid, well, because that's the kind of sensory information they have to rely on since they can't use their eyes. (And the school has made it all the more challenging for them here by making them drive Saturn Ions.) We've met plenty of sighted drivers who can't really describe or understand what their car will do in any given situation.
Of course, there's the very big question of how would blind drivers ever look down a road to spot changing traffic situations. Perhaps someday cameras and radar will be good enough to overcome even that? Unlikely, but almost with the the realm of imagination given current technology.
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