[nagdu] things that go bump in the night

Fri Dec 23 14:46:28 UTC 2011

I am pretty sure that when a car is gunning its engine and moving toward me, about the last thing I'm thinking of is taking a picture. I'm just out of there.

Cindy

On Dec 23, 2011, at 8:40 AM, Doug Parisian wrote:

> With all the talk about killer drivers, real imagined or other, could we not bring technology to bear to help at least trap some of the offenders.
> 
> Many cell phones, like some android offerings and the apple IPhone 4GS actually give audio prompts to help manage the camera.  Yup, you guessed it; a picture is worth a thousand words.  Would such photos be allowed as evidence and a means of catching the offender, let alone possibilities for use on social media.  No damn, I don't have one of those awesome devices--yet!
> 
> Doug: Hey driver, say cheese!
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 7:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] things that go bump in the night
> 
> 
>> 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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