[nabs-l] Pedestrian safety improvement act

[Jedi]

Hey.

I'm all for putting a sound maker in a hybrid. However, I think we're 
missing out on an excellent time to develop technology that will allow 
deaf-blind pedestrians to cross streets safely and independently, too.  
I was hoping the NFB would consider it, but no go. Well, I guess teh 
deaf-blind are going to have to beat on the drumbs a bit. I'll be right 
there on the baracades when they do.


Original message:
> How about putting a mechanism in the cane that detects the hybrid car? 
> I think that would be much more effective than trying to persuade the 
> car companies to accommodate us.
> Jonte

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Spangler <spangler.robert at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:06 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Pedestrian safety improvement act

> I totally agree with you but I think you misunderstand the legislation.
>   It is not necessarily saying that we have to cause setbacks in hybrid
> cars or even how we should be able to hear them.  It simply states that
> the department of transportation would have to research it.  It can be
> done without being a hinderance--there could be a mechanism on the car
> that would make a sound whose speed changes with the speed of the car.
> And let's remember that we don't want noise; we just want something that
> is audible.  I think that most blind people would agree with sighted
> people that they don't want loud trucks driving past their houses.

> Thanks,
> Robby

> Jim Reed wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I am not quite sure how to feel on this issue. On one hand, quiet cars 
>> might pose a saftey risk to blind persons and others, but on the other 
>> hand, there is such a thing as noise pollution, air pollution, 
>> dependence on forign oil, and enviromental damage.

>> Aditionally, there is another element of this issue related to the 
>> support or hinderance of societal progress. Hybrids represent the next 
>> great leap in our society, if additional laws are passed regulating 
>> this development, it may prove to hinder the development of the hybrid 
>> car. Remember, the impact of hybrid cars isnt just a blindness issue, 
>> there are much more importiant nation issues at stake. For example, 
>> national security risk via a dependence of forign oil.

>> There are also economic concerns. The continued research and 
>> development of hybrids, alternative fuels, and  "green" energy, will 
>> potentially be the savior of our economy. If hybrids become the next 
>> big thing, they could jumpstart the nearly dead auto industry, thus 
>> helping our economy and individual families. If you go to the national 
>> convention in Detroit, you will all see first hand the conciquences of 
>> this current economic collapes. Now is the time to be supporting 
>> industy and inovation, not hindering it.

>> Lastly, if blind independence is truely the goal of the NFB and blind 
>> persons, then the burden is on us -- blind people-- to adapt to the 
>> changing world, the burden is not on the world to adapt to us. Perhaps 
>> in the era of silent cars, it may be time to tweak cane-travel methodologies?

>> I can't support this. I will not be a party to the hinderance of 
>> societal progress, continued enviromental degradfation,  or further 
>> economic decline. I will not expect industy or tax payers to foot the 
>> bill because I (we) refuse to adapt.

>> Well thats my two cents
>> Jim

>> "Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed."



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> Student Senate - Recording Secretary
> Ohio Association of Blind Students - President

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Jedi

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