[nabs-l] A common-since legislative idea

Wed Apr 1 00:45:19 UTC 2009

That's a really good point. I have a health card that counts s photo  
id but it's not universally accepted. I had to argue with this one guy  
who kept asking me for a driver's license. I have a white cane which I  
have to use all the time; there's no way I'd have a driver's license.
But Courtney (and others too) have made some good points for  
low-vision potential drivers and that makes sense to me. I should have  
thought of that before I dismissed the whole idea of a visually  
impaired person as a driver as a bad idea. That was horrible grammar;  
I apologize.
Sarah

Quoting Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>:

> Blind people should have some form of ID, and the problem I have with
> the surrender of a driver's license is this: everyone asks for a
> "driver's license."  Not necessarily a Florida Identification Card.
> It has a number and that on it like a license, but stll not a license.
> Beth
>
> On 3/31/09, Nathan Clark <troubleclark at gmail.com> wrote:
>> anybody who is blind should not be driving.
>>
>>
>> On 3/31/09, Jason Mandarino <blind.subscriber at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I have had a few friends that are legally blind, but were not in a
>>> position
>>> of degenerative eye sight. Of course they were of the large print
>>> category,
>>> but never the less unattractive glasses and additional equipment as they
>>> would put it.
>>>
>>> My only issue with this is that it is yet another thing based on
>>> generalizations. I understand the point, but I thin that statements like
>>> these am what corner us into our own issues. We are easily caught up into
>>> what works for one or a few, and forget that blindness is just as
>>> individualized as personality. I am completely for the safety of others,
>>> but
>>> even when it comes to elderly people and their driver's license, perhaps
>>> it
>>> would be more appropriate to have them do something more than a written
>>> test
>>> and a brief eye exam.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, there is no expectation to even have driver's education in
>>> Georgia, so in my opinion the established safety nets are the true issue
>>> not
>>> more policies.
>>>
>>> Mandarino
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf
>>> of Jim Reed
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:02 PM
>>> To: MAB List
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] a common-sence legislative idea
>>>
>>> Hey all,
>>> The following is not going to sit well with some of you so let me preface
>>> it
>>> with some personal background to set the context:
>>> 1. By 2005 I was legaly blind with RP.
>>> 2. In the summer of 2007 I bought a car.
>>> 3. In summer of 2008, I wrecked said car, with a passenger, because I did
>>> not see the sharp turn ahead. Fortunatly, the accident was injury-free,
>>> but
>>> could have just as easily been a fatal roll-over.
>>>
>>> That said, my idea:
>>> Blind people, contingent upon recieving any government services which they
>>> qualify for,(in part, or in whole) as a result of being blind, must
>>> permanatly surrender their drivers license.
>>>
>>> I know some will say this is cohersive, and it is.
>>>
>>> Some will say it prevents blind people from recieving essential services,
>>> it
>>> does; but, no one has the right to endanger the life of another, and, if a
>>> person chooses to do so, that person does not deserve the support of
>>> society
>>> or it's government.
>>>
>>> And lastly, some will make a free-choice arguement. To them I would say
>>> blindness isnt a choice, its a fact.
>>>
>>> This is one of those "father knows best" type situations where what is
>>> truely best for the individual is percieved by that individual as
>>> negitive.
>>>
>>> As it seems likely that it is the younger blind people who are most
>>> inclined
>>> to make choices similar to mine, what we are really talking about here is
>>> saving the next generation of blind people from injury, death, or legal
>>> troubles.
>>>
>>> As negitive as this may seem to some blind people, if it saves even one
>>> life, blind or sighted, then it was worth it.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> "Ability is of little account without opportunity."
>>>
>>>       |
>>>           -Napoleon Bonaparte
>>>
>>>
>>>
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