Bus drivers to learn to sign for Deaflympics

A bus company in the capital city of Taiwan has planned to teach over 800 of its drivers sign language in anticipation of next month’s Deaflympics.

The general manager of the company, Lee Jian-wen said the company is already playing sign language instruction videos at the drivers’ lounges at depots.

The company has also hired Taipei City Department of Labor sign language instructors to teach a set of signs considered practical for communicating with Deaflympics athletes, said the [local news] report.

I think it’s an incredibly forward-thinking and considerate move by Capital Bus Company, and if they do things like this regularly, it makes sense that they have been rated an outstanding bus company since 2000.

Full article from The China Post.