[nagdu] things that go bump in the night

[Tracy Carcione]

If a driver is zooming towards a blind person in the crosswalk, the driver
is breaking the law.  The blind person has the right of way.  Not that
that matters to you, if you get hit by some jackass.  I was sure surprised
when I read New Jersey's white cane law and saw that drivers are supposed
to yield to me and not enter the crosswalk when I'm in it.  It was news to
me.

Tracy

> OK, but that is what they are doing. They are not following proper driver
> etiquette or safety rules. They are not out to get a blind guy. I just
> think that when we start down that path, we can become too paranoid. There
> are plenty of other instances where people really don't care if we have
> our needs met and where they truly think we are incapable and on and on. I
> certainly am not saying stuff like that doesn't happen; I'm just saying
> that that is a rather iffy path to take saying they are out to get a blind
> guy.
>
> Cindy
>
> On Dec 22, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
>
>> Well, Cindy, if a car comes roaring out while I am crossing, I kind of
>> assume they can see that I'm crossing!  Especially when I hear it pull
>> out of the lot and get into the lane I'm currently occupying!  If they
>> weren't triing to hit me they wer sure not following proper driver
>> edicate!  They should have seen me before they pulled out and for sure
>> when they started moving down the road!  They were also speeding out of
>> there!
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 4:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] things that go bump in the night
>>
>>
>>> How do you guys know that someone tried to hit you on purpose? What
>>> cues do you have about it? Do they hate dogs? Did you seem to look
>>> funny to them right then? How do you know these people aren't just
>>> flakes and that a sighted person equally flaky could have been walking
>>> along and almost gotten hit or, in fact did? As for people trying to
>>> drag you by the other end of your cane or the harness, that is rather
>>> different. I actually had the harness thing happen to me the other
>>> night. I am not sure I ever had before. Another woman there was about
>>> as offended as I was.
>>>
>>> Cindy
>>>
>>> On Dec 22, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sounds kind of familiar!  I've had folks pick my cane up off the
>>>> ground and try to tug me along, pull my dog and I away from something
>>>> they thaught we'd run into and once even someone who tried to hit me
>>>> on purpose!  Sure keeps you awake and alert!
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "harold leigland"
>>>> <hleigland at bresnan.net>
>>>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 1:08 PM
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] things that go bump in the night
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> using a cane or dog has been an adventure for me; when our son was 4
>>>>> we were both hit and knocked down by a drunk soldier from the base in
>>>>> his suv not seriously injured and saved the 2 12 packs of coke I had
>>>>> with us. The other day someone kept trying to back over me and Sam my
>>>>> guide dog in our apartment parking lot aint life grand? merry
>>>>> Christmass and better new year hal
>>>>>
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