Ogechi,

Let me tell you a little about myself. I am hard-of-hearing (a variant of deafness,  in that mine is mild wearing hearing aids. Nevertheless,  in general parlance,  it is still categorised as deafness). I drive a Golf 4 plying major roads inter-and intra-states. I drive from Lagos to Abuja safely by God's grace without any rancour or problem. I even picked up passengers who flagged me down traveling the same route I was. I made them understand my hearing status,  they all showed understanding and confidence when they saw the skillful and smooth way I drove. Getting to our destination safely and in time,  most of them praised and thanked me.

I have been driving since 2006 and I have undergone driving tests and all other tests there are to obtaining driver's license and I met no opposition because I demonstrated convincingly my ability to drive. The only issue they had was my eye-sight clarity which was considered as important prerequisite to safe driving. I wear eyeglasses and was asked to remove it during eye test. Didn't see clearly,  then was asked to wear it,  and I saw and read out all the minutest letters in the microscope-like instrument. After all said and done,  I was given my license and have been driving ever since without constituting dangers to fellow road users.

Now,  in your scathing remarks above,  you made an allegation that deaf drivers constitute dangers to other road users,  I want to ask you to please state , unbiasely, and clearly,  with evidence,  what dangers deaf drivers constitute to others. Have you seen any such case of your allegation before all of the years of life you've lived in this world? Awaiting your response.