[Blindtlk] Putting reflective tape on my cane?

[Marci Carpenter]

Hi Arielle,

I don’t have any tape on mine. The white color of the cane is just as visible any reflective tape.  The change to an all-white cane happened before I started using a cane. 

Marci Carpenter
> On Nov 9, 2014, at 5:55 PM, Arielle Silverman via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> I have an NFB cane with no reflective tape on it. Today my mother read
> me a news story about two blind students getting hit by a car and then
> pleaded with me to get some reflective tape on my cane, in the same
> tone she used to convince me not to climb the monkey bars as a child.
> You know, because if something bad happens to another blind person my
> risk of getting hurt automatically goes up. I have been crossing
> streets at night for years with no issues, and although Seattle gets
> dark early, I rarely travel outside after 4:00 p.m. except to walk
> around the corner from the bus stop or upstairs from the parking
> garage. I also trust in my ability to hear traffic. I'm just curious
> if you guys have the tape on your canes or not and if not, why not? I
> remember hearing that NFB left the tape off their canes intentionally.
> Does anyone know the reason for that? I don't really want to add the
> tape but am not sure whether or not it is worth fighting with Mom
> about. Thoughts?
> Arielle
> 
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