[nagdu] Blind man dies of injuries

Fri Oct 8 17:17:26 UTC 2010

Hi Pete,

You're on the wrong soap box. He wasn't even crossing at the corner where the audible signal was installed. In fact, he wasn't at a crosswalk at all, according to one article. 
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY

On Oct 8, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Peter Donahue wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
>    And the very accommodation he said would make him more independent, (The 
> audible traffic signals) contributed to his death. Perhaps he didn't hear 
> the truck because the sound was masked by the audible signal. Moral? Be 
> careful what so-called accommodations you lobby public officials for. It 
> could end up killing you.
> 
> Peter Donahue
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind man dies of injuries
> 
> 
> Message loud and clear:  It's the blind man's fault for walking in front of
> the truck in the first place.  What's a poor, helpless driver to do when
> that happens?
> 
> Good catch.  I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out.  Makes it
> sound like the man walked in front of the truck on purpose, doesn't it.
> 
> That is just offensive.
> 
> Tami Smith-Kinney
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Buddy Brannan
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 5:38 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind man dies of injuries
> 
> OK, what's wrong with the following opening paragraph:
> 
>> MOORESTOWN - A blind man who walked with his guide dog into the
>> path of a pickup truck here has died from his injuries.
>> 
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 8, 2010, at 6:20 AM, Ginger Kutsch wrote:
> 
>> Blind man dies of injuries
>> By JIM WALSH . Courier-Post Staff . October 8, 2010
>> 
>> http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20101008/NEWS01/10080333
>> /Blind-man-dies-of-injuries
>> 
>> MOORESTOWN - A blind man who walked with his guide dog into the
>> path of a pickup truck here has died from his injuries.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Gordon Parks, 68, of Moorestown, died Thursday at Cooper
>> University Hospital, Camden, a hospital representative said.
>> Parks was hit and critically injured around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday
>> while crossing heavily traveled East Camden Avenue in the middle
>> of a block.
>> His guide dog, a chocolate Labrador retriever named Wendy, died
>> at the accident scene.
>> Parks and his dog were familiar figures in Moorestown,
>> particularly in his Lenola neighborhood.
>> "You'd see him walking all the time," said Bonita Fegley, a
>> former Moorestown resident who now lives in neighboring Maple
>> Shade. "He always had the guide dog and he always wore a
>> (reflective) vest."
>> Police on Wednesday expressed surprise at the accident, saying
>> Parks and his dog regularly used a crosswalk at Camden Avenue and
>> Lenola Road, about three-tenths of a mile distant.
>> But on Thursday, a man who works near the accident scene said
>> Parks and his dog sometimes crossed there alone. The accident
>> occurred on a relatively wide stretch of highway -- with two
>> travel lanes and nine-foot shoulders -- between Mount Carmel
>> Cemetery on one side and Kapanzhi Auto Repair on the other.
>> "He'd call for us and we'd help him across the street," said the
>> man, a Kapanzhi worker who declined to give his name. The man
>> said that traffic sometimes would stop voluntarily and Parks and
>> his dog would cross themselves.
>> "He'd have his hand up in the air," the worker recalled.
>> Parks' family members could not be reached Thursday night.
>> Parks, who suffered head and leg injuries, was thrown into the
>> westbound lane by the collision's impact. On Thursday, vehicles
>> sped over spray-painted markings on the road that showed where
>> items of Parks' clothing had landed.
>> Police on Wednesday said no charges had been filed against the
>> pickup truck's driver, 72-year-old Wayne T. Morris of Tabernacle.
>> The accident remained under investigation, police said Wednesday.
>> Additional information was not available from police Thursday
>> night.
>> In May 2004, Parks was the subject of a Courier-Post article
>> noting his success in winning approval for audible crosswalk
>> signals at the intersection of Camden and Lenola.
>> The signals, the first of their kind in Burlington County, also
>> were to be installed at Lenola and New Albany roads.
>> Both sites were chosen specifically because of Parks and his
>> walking route, officials said at that time.
>> The signals would be programmed to say the name of the road to be
>> crossed. An electronic voice then would count down the number of
>> seconds before the next signal change.
>> Parks at that time said he would welcome the technological
>> advance.
>> "My concern is, how much time does it take to cross the road," he
>> said in the 2004 interview. "I need time. Time is very important
>> because it is a matter of life and death."
>> Reach Jim Walsh at (856) 486-2646 or jwalsh at courierpostonline.com
>> 
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