[Blindtlk] Putting reflective tape on my cane?

[Holly Scott-Gardner]

I have reflective tape on my cane, it came with it automatically. I 
would probably have forgotten to put it on otherwise, but I don't think 
it's a bad thing. It's not like a big sign saying, watch out, i'm blind 
and you might break me. It's very discrete in the sense that it could 
potentially make you safer depending on the situation but isn't putting 
on a big show.

I also have a reflective sleeve on my guide dog harness, and the strap 
around the front of the harness also has a reflective piece on it. 
Again, it was automatically issued with the equipment here, but I don't 
find it to be a problem.

Yes, I agree that your ability to judge traffic is the most important 
factor here, because if you can't then reflective material won't save 
you. However many people, sighted or not have reflective material on 
their backpacks, or other things they are wearing. I wouldn't do it 
because i'm blind, but because it's a matter of personal safety regardless.


On 10/11/2014 03:00, Judy Jones via blindtlk wrote:
> I know for guide dogs, GDB used to sell these reflective sleeves that 
> would fiv over the harness handle. However, I haven't seen them for 
> years, so they may not have been that popular.
>
> Judy
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Brandon Olivares via blindtlk
> Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2014 7:21 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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