A regulator vouched for her driving. The road test, she says, became the sticking point
A deaf applicant is suing Schneider National Carriers, alleging it refused to hire her as a driver despite her federal clearance to drive.
The complaint was filed on June 22, 2026, in federal court in Illinois. According to the filing, the applicant applied to Schneider National Carriers in November 2022 for an over-the-road driver job. The complaint says she held a valid Illinois Class A commercial driver's license and a federal hearing exemption from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which authorized her to drive a commercial vehicle in interstate commerce. The filing states the FMCSA grants that exemption only after deciding an applicant can drive as safely as a driver who meets the hearing standard.
The applicant disclosed her deafness and, the complaint says, offered a range of accommodations for orientation, training, and the road test: a qualified American Sign Language interpreter, face-to-face communication at stops, pre-arranged hand signals, written notes, an eraser board, and texting or speech-to-text apps. According to the filing, she also told the company she had recently passed a roughly ninety-minute Illinois road test, including highway driving, where the state examiner communicated using hand signals alone.
The dispute, as pleaded, turned on the road test. According to the complaint, the company agreed to provide an ASL interpreter only for the classroom...
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