[Blindtlk] why is it important tojoinan organizationofthe blind?

[Mike Freeman]

1. It was Nevada. They're used to gambling. 

2. Thomas Jefferson certainly couldn't have; Thomas Edison probably couldn't have. :-)

Mike Freeman


On Jan 19, 2012, at 8:05, "Gary Wunder" <GWunder at earthlink.net> wrote:

> There are many things that need to happen before blind people start driving
> independently.  One of the things we have to do is change the laws and all
> of the states to do away with the visual requirement that now exists.  We
> then have to convince the insurance companies that we are safe to ensure.  I
> note that recently, I believe in the state of Montana, legislation was
> passed authorizing the Google driverless car to operate on the streets and
> highways of the state.  That legislation could not have been passed without
> a vehicle to provide the evidence that the legislature used to decide it was
> safe or at least safe enough.  I think we face the same thing with the blind
> drivable vehicle.  How can any regulatory or legislative body take seriously
> the question of letting a blind person drive until we have technology that
> can give us the information we need.  How can we determine the information
> we will need without working on the technology, seeing how it fits, and what
> modifications we must make?
> 
> Without trying to start an argument, I'd simply like to understand how we
> could proceed in any other sequence than we have.  Could Thomas Jefferson
> have pressed for regulatory change seeking the replacement of gas lights
> with electric lights before he had a working model?  
> 
> 
> 
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