Deaf Drivers & CDLs

 

There are current regulations and laws that FORBIDS deaf people from driving yellow and non-yellow school buses (and in some states, even 15 passenger vans).

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YES = Deaf people are allowed to drive. NO = Deaf people are not allowed to drive.

School Buses LATEST TALLY - State by State (for 31 states)

YES

11

NO

22

State

Bus

Van

Comments

ALABAMA

YES

YES
  

ALASKA
      

ARKANSAS

YES
    

ARIZONA
      

CALIFORNIA

NO

NO
  

COLORADO

YES

YES
  

CONNECTICUT
      

DISTRICT of COLUMBIA

NO

NO
  

DELAWARE
      

FLORIDA

NO
  

.

GEORGIA
      

HAWAII
      

IDAHO

YES

YES
  

ILLINOIS
      

INDIANA

NO

YES
  

IOWA
      

KANSAS

NO
    

KENTUCKY

NO

NO

 7 passenger vans - OK

LOUISIANA

YES

YES

intra-state trips only

MAINE
      

MARYLAND

NO

YES
  

MASSACHUSETTS

NO

NO
  

MICHIGAN

YES

YES
  

MINNESOTA

NO

YES

MISSISSIPPI

YES

YES

MISSOURI

NO

YES
  

MONTANA

NO

NO

new law passed in 1996

NEBRASKA

NO

YES
  

NEVADA
      

NEW HAMPSHIRE
      

NEW JERSEY

NO
    

NEW MEXICO

NO

NO

9 passenger vans - OK

NEW YORK

NO

NO
  

NORTH CAROLINA

YES

YES

non-yellow school buses only

NORTH DAKOTA

   

OHIO

NO
    

OKLAHOMA
      

OREGON
      

PENNSYLVANIA

NO
    

RHODE ISLAND

YES

YES
  

SOUTH CAROLINA

NO

YES
  

SOUTH DAKOTA
      

TENNESSEE

NO

NO

9 passenger vans - OK

TEXAS

YES

YES
  

UTAH

NO
    

VERMONT

YES

YES
  

VIRGINIA
      

WASHINGTON
NO
    

WISCONSIN

NO

NO
  

WYOMING

NO