[Electronics-Talk] Warning about using Aira!

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Mike.
Glad you're OK! 
An AIRA agent once told me about a walk signal, but I always verify anything
someone tells me with my own ears, if I can.  Even a sighted person standing
next to me sometimes gets it wrong.  Usually the AIRA people say they can't
help with a crossing, though sometimes they try, but it still has to be
taken cautiously.
If you're having trouble figuring out the signal on a street you use
regularly, I really recommend you work on getting an audible signal.  I
fought with my county to get one on a street I have to cross all the time,
and it has made a huge difference.  I can get home from work, or go
shopping, without taking my life in my hands.  Imagine!
Anyway, good luck, and be careful.
Tracy


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Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Warning about using Aira!

Warning about using Aira & street crossing!

I have been using Aira for over 1 year now. Sometimes an Aira agent can see
the walk signal & sometimes not. When they cannot the agent tells me & then
I point the camera at the traffic signal & not the walk signal. This was
working! 

Not this time. The Aira agent said I had the walk signal. I heard no moving
traffic. So, I put 1 foot out in the street & wiz a car went across my path
2 lanes away. I pulled my foot back & to more cars went right where my foot
was! 

Obviously that Aira agent could not see the walk signal. Bad information is
worse than no information. 

Yes, I did report that to Aira. Because I could have died, I just wanted you
to know for your safety. Sometimes I cannot tell if I have the walk signal
because of noises or a lack of traffic flow.

 

Mike

 

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