[Colorado-talk] [Nfb-greeley] UNC blind students accident story

[Gary Van Dorn]

There is an audible single at East Eighteenth Avenue and Franklin Street in Denver which causes me extreme consternation.  It is a very unsafe signal; beeping sounds are my trigger for seizures.  I concentrate to ignore the signal otherwise I would have walked into rush hour traffic on East Eighteenth Avenue.  Listening to the direction of traffic is far more reliable and safer.  The signal is perhaps for someone who wants to cross to St. Joseph’s Hospital.  I encounter the signal going to the Kaiser facility at Twentieth and Franklin.  I could avoid taking the 20 from downtown and take the 12 from LightRail; however, I then encounter no traffic light at Twentieth and Downing.  This area is also dangerous for no signal and there is heavy traffic on Downing with many pedestrians cross along with the sounds of heavy construction equipment for the new Exempla Hospital.  

Gary 
> On 10 Nov 2014, at 00:05, Melissa Are Green via Colorado-talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> This is something that is really getting people talk eating and having discussions about traveling and blindness I hope that it will have a positive outcome and that we all will learn from this and fortunate incident
> I know that the newspapers has been covering this story a lot and there are lots of information still coming in about the incident we just have to stay tuned and continue to dialogue about this unfortunate incident
> Let's continue to keep this young lady in our prayers and thoughts and she will recover both physically and mentally   
> 
> Melissa Greene and PJ 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 5, 2014, at 7:17 AM, Diand Filipe via Nfb-greeley <nfb-greeley at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: Diand Filipe
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 7:16 AM
>> To: codyjbair at yahoo.com ; Greeley, Colorado Internet Mailing List ; colorado-talk at nfbnet.org ; Colorado Association of Blind Students List
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-greeley] Greeley Chapter Fund Raiser at Convention
>> 
>> http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/13656296-113/students-blind-cross-tymkowych
>> 
>> The above link is the story about two UNC students that were hit Monday night crossing the street with an audible signal on campus.  One of the most valuable parts of my training at The Colorado Center for the Blind was learning that you cannot trust the audible signals.  They do not tell you which way to cross.
>> I pray for a speedy recovery for them both.
>> Diane
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Nfb-greeley mailing list
>> Nfb-greeley at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-greeley_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfb-greeley:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-greeley_nfbnet.org/dianefilipe%40comcast.net
>> _______________________________________________
>> Nfb-greeley mailing list
>> Nfb-greeley at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-greeley_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfb-greeley:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-greeley_nfbnet.org/graduate56%40juno.com
> _______________________________________________
> Colorado-talk mailing list
> Colorado-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Colorado-talk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org/garyvdrn%40msn.com
> List archives can be found at <http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/colorado-talk_nfbnet.org>
>