[blparent] I'm very sad today

[Veronica Smith]

A car actually ran over the tip of my cane one time while I was on a 
sidewalk.  they came right over and jumped off the curb.  Talk about being 
terrified. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] I'm very sad today


>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
>
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