[nagdu] audible steet lights and O&M

[cheryl echevarria]

No offense about what I am going to say about Audible lights.

Whether in NYC or out here on Long Island.

I in fact had a good instructor with Helen Keller Service, but I had a better person teaching me from the NFB.

Not every place we go will have audible lights or signs, and  with power outages or even them just not working.

The best way is to just learn good O&M Skills.  Always stop that the corner and listen for the traffic pattern, you are sometimes going to be in a new one from time to time, so take an extra few minutes to figure it out.

Some roadways even on long island are terrible to cross, not just NY City or any other big intersection.  So having chirping or other noise when there are 4 lanes of traffic to cross or just a wide road, the sound may not be heard.

We had someone who was hit up in Albany that is a vendor that was leaving for work and waited for the chirping and the traffic and someone still hit him.

Sighted people still get when even they do the right thing.

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  Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 6:25 PM
  Subject: [nagdu] audible steet lights and O&M


  Hi Julie and Everyone,
  I don't know how the new audible lights are in NYC but I can share how they are here in Suffolk County on Long Island. Just today I demonstrated one to a consumer and his father on the corner where my agency is. 
  When we got outside I was talking to them explaining which way we are going to walk when we get out of the parking lot. I said to the blind person where is your cane. in my bag. I said take it out and start counting your steps from the door here to where I am taking you to where the audible light is. I was glad the father said I was right the person should be using a cane and not taking the parents arm. I explained if you don't practice everyday you won't have good skills. the father complained that the person has poor direction . I said even sighted people have poor sence of direction so you can't blame blindness. This person still has some sight. they were impressed how fast I walked with Anna. The audible street lights in Suffolk make a chirping noise so you know where there is one on a corner. then you push the button , it tells you what street and cross street your on , tells you wait and then starts counting down from 17 to 0 giving you that time to cross the street when its safe. 
  Marilyn and Anna
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