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Thursday August 23, 2007
Finally, a tool designed specifically for our sight impaired drivers. Until now, tire pressure readings were a mystery to the blind and extremely impaired. These drivers were left to trust the archaic kick-and-squeeze method of judging tire pressure. The good news is here, technology has caught up. The talking tire gauge will announce your pressure reading to you aloud in the King's English! Now it doesn't matter whether you can see well or not, you'll be able to properly inflate your tires. Just feel your way down to the pressure valve, attach the talking tire gauge and 5 seconds later you'll hear the tire pressure loud and clear. Amazing, and amazingly useless. To add insult to injury, it'll set you back around ten bucks. Wow. Check out more useless tool on the Island of Misfit Tools where pathetic, miserable tools go to live out their final years.
Comments
Question? Why would a “blind” or “extremely impaired” person be checking tire pressure? Better yet, WHY WOULD THEY BE DRIVING AT ALL? You are very correct, this tool is absolutely useless.
I was the first totally blind ASE certified mechanic in the country. And I have a couple of the talking pressure gauges. I only gave $3.00 for them at Radio Shack though. Less than the price of the battery to run it.
So let’s not assume that all blind people can’t do the most simple of maintenance to a car. I built automatic transmissions for GM and Chrysler in the dealerships and I went blind at age 12. So yes, I learned how to work on cars after that time.
Maybe you should put effort into worrying why the ATM has Braille on it in the drive through. That has troubled me for years now.
Bob - You made my day by taking me down a notch. Thanks for not sitting silent on this! I hope you’ll inspire some of our readers to dive in head first.
I’ve always wondered about that braile on the ATM keys also.
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