[blparent] I'm very sad today

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

I actually had a driver tap me with the bumper of his car once because I 
didn't make it out of the street fast enough when I had the light to cross. 
I was never so scared  in my life.  Where are the police when you need them?

Jo Elizabeth

"Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds 
water."--Swedish proverb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] I'm very sad today


> When I was waiting at a crosswalk to cross the street and catch my bus one 
> day, there was a lady already waiting at the stop.  She and I both decided 
> at the same time that I could cross the street.  (I started to cross at 
> the same time she said it was safe for me.)  There was a car two blocks 
> away at the time and as I stepped out in the street, I think she and I 
> were both in shock because the car gunned it.  It was only about a foot 
> away from hitting me when it stopped and I was transfixed in horror--a 
> deer in the headlights.
>
> Barbara