[Blindtlk] why is it important to joinanorganization ofthe blind?

[Mike Freeman]

I concur. I expect that rehab will fund some people and not others,
ostensibly at least based upon the merits of their cases. It's a long way
off, though.

Actually, I think the chief difficulty is figuring out how to get a
sufficient amount of information to the blind driver quickly enough both to
react and to make decisions. I think some of the experiences of the pilots
and designers may be constructive here.

I favor the research but, frankly, am somewhat skeptical that we can come up
with satisfactory information inputs short of making the driver and car a
cyborg (something I'd think was cool). We shall see.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Gary Wunder
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:07 AM
To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] why is it important to joinanorganization ofthe
blind?

One other unanswerable question at this point: If being able to drive opens
new employment possibilities, will rehab funds be used to subsidize the
purchase and production of cars the blind can drive? How many of us
expressed doubt about whether the first Braille notetakers would be funded
given their voice competitors cost $900 and they cost $4,000. Braille,
however, provided sufficient benefits to justify the extra cost. Again, we
just don't know.

  

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Mike Freeman
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:57 AM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] why is it important to joinanorganization ofthe
blind?

Unanswerable question as we are not clairvoyant.

Mike Freeman


On Jan 19, 2012, at 8:04, "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> hi,
> 
> if it is ever actually mass produced, will you or the average blind 
> person
be able to add  the equivalent of a house payment on top of your current
situation if it is even legally possible to drive?
> Bryan Schulz
> 
> 
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Marion Gwizdala
>  To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>  Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:46 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] why is it important to join anorganization 
> ofthe
blind?
> 
> 
>  Bryan,
>      Well, can you please tell us what that difference would be?
Furthermore, 
>  the comment you make asserts we are "waiting" for this technology. 
> The
fact 
>  of the matter is that we are not waiting for it, we are creating it. 
> In  spite of the fact that a blind person has already demonstrated 
> that
driving 
>  a vehicle independently is not only a dream but a reality, it seems 
> as if

>  you don't believe the objective evidence. By the way, the footage of 
> a
man 
>  walking on the moon was filmed in the desert in Arizona.
> 
>  Fraternally yours,
>  Marion Gwizdala
> 
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
>  To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>  Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:06 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] why is it important to join an organization 
> ofthe

>  blind?
> 
> 
>> hi,
>> 
>> there's a difference in shooting for goals and waiting for pie in the 
>> sky

>> technology.
>> 
>> Bryan Schulz
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Sheila Leigland
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] why is it important to join an organization 
>> ofthe

>> blind?
>> 
>> 
>> Hello all, I've heard about doses of reality. If I and my husband had 
>> bought in to this kind of logic, we never would have gone to college, 
>> gotten married, raised our son, and worked. If I had listened to the 
>> advice of everyone we wouldn't have taken ourselves and our son to 
>> the
nfb 
>> convention in 1996 from Montana by train and went to disneyland 
>> without sighted assistance our son was eight at the time so although 
>> he could see

>> we were very much in control of the situation. Dreams and goals can 
>> be crushed by to much so called reality. It doesn't mean that we 
>> don't try
to 
>> plan out things but we aren't afraid to try.
>> 
>> sheila leigland
>> 
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