[nabs-l] Pedestrian safety improvement act

[Dezman Jackson]

Good point, Jedi.

Dezman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jedi" <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Pedestrian safety improvement act


> 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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>> --
>> Robert Spangler
>> The University of Toledo
>> Student Senate - Recording Secretary
>> Ohio Association of Blind Students - President
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> REspectfully,
> Jedi
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