[nagdu] Close call today

[Julie Phillipson]

lyn there is a law here in NY too no cell phone use without a headset and no 
texting, but it hasn't been all that long since it became a law so many 
still do it.  I just heard on the news that they have given thousands of 
tickets out
Julie Phillipson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Close call today


> Here in California we DO have laws that prohibit the use of cell phones 
> while driving - hands-free devices OK but texting is NEVER the thing to 
> do. But these laws seem to be blown off by everyone.  It's a scary thought 
> to know that folks are on cell phones and texting and I don't know about 
> iot cause I can't see them.  YIKES!
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "marilyn" <t21114 at optonline.net>
> To: "nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 5:57 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Close call today
>
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> Today I was going to a meeting at the New York State Building. I went 
>> with my co director in her car. She had to make a phone call in the 
>> parking lot so I decided to walk to where two other co workers were 
>> standing waiting for us in the parking lot. I could here there voices so 
>> I kept telling Anna straight. All of a sudden I felt this car near me and 
>> heard someone yell You idiot get off your cell phone you almost hit her. 
>> My two co workers said they were ready to run to push me out of the way. 
>> Had Anna not been guiding me straight in the parking lot I would have 
>> been hit. I was just getting ready to tell her left to where my co 
>> workers were standing. I feel really blessed to have Anna guide me safely 
>> in our daily travels.
>> I just wish people driving would stop texting and talking on there cell 
>> phones.
>> Marilyn and Anna
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