[Blindtlk] Putting reflective tape on my cane?

[justin williams]

I don't worry about it.  

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brandon Olivares via blindtlk
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 9:21 PM
To: Marci Carpenter; Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Putting reflective tape on my cane?

I have never worried about it and have never had an issue. I'm not against it though and perhaps one day I'll do it.

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> On Nov 9, 2014, at 21:12, Marci Carpenter via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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