[Colorado-Talk] White Cane ordinance from Denver 1934

[Peggy Chong]

We thought you might like to read the Denver White Cane Ordinance from 1934.

 

AN ORDINANCE

            An Ordinance prohibiting the use of white canes except by
pedestrians wholly or partially blind and providing protection against
highway accidents to such persons, and providing penalties for the violation
thereof.

            The people of the City and County of Denver do ordain as
follows:

            SECTION 1.  That, for the purpose of guarding against accidents
in traffic on the public streets, it shall be unlawful for any person,
except persons wholly or partially blind, to carry or use on the public
streets of the City and County of Denver, any canes or walking sticks which
are white in color.  Such canes or walking sticks may be used on the streets
and other public places of the City and County of Denver by persons wholly
or partially blind, as a means of protecting them and for the purpose of
identifying them by drivers of vehicles, operators of motor driven vehicles
and other pedestrians with whom they come in contact on such streets and
public places.

            SECTION 2.  Any driver of a vehicle, operator of a motor driven
vehicle, or pedestrian who is not wholly or partially blind who approaches
or comes in contact with a person wholly or partially blind, carrying a cane
or walking stick white in color, shall immediately come to a full stop and
take such precautions before proceeding as may be necessary to avoid
accident or injury to the person so carrying a white cane or walking stick.

            SECTION 3.  Any person, other than a person wholly or partially
blind, who shall carry such a cane or walking stick, such as described in
SECTION 1 hereof, contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, or who shall
fail to heed the approach of a person so carrying such a white cane or
walking stick, or who shall fail to come to a stop upon approaching or
coming in contact with a person so carrying such a cane or walking stick, or
who shall fail to take precautions against accident or injury to such a
person after coming to a stop as provided for herein, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) or more
than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for each offense.

            SECTION 4.  The City Clerk of the City and County of Denver
shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause the same to be
published in the official publication of the City and County of Denver,
Colorado

 

 

Peggy Chong

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