[nagdu] re soul searching - Question

[Brenda]

Not sure how/why it is rude for a cane user to tap/touch/"hit?"a guide 
dog with his/her cane.  If a cane user is walking and swings his/her 
cane to detect obstacles and encounters a guide, how is the cane user to 
know and avoid contact??
If the cane user said something snide after coming into contact with the 
dog then that would be rude.

I have no depth perception and my vision is blurred so I might see a 
guide and tap him/her without meaning to just as I might touch a person 
in a store unless I steer wway wide of the blur I see ahead of me.

As for cane users being rude - I was sitting on the bus once and a guide 
dog user nearly nailed the right side of my head where my good eye is 
located with her purse as her guide lead her to a seat.  (The driver had 
instructed her to go to the rear of the  small van/bus as that was where 
there was more room, this was not a slight to her.)  I could see her 
coming but didn't have the coordination to get out of her way.  As a 
person with low vision I felt like I was being run over and neither the 
driver or the guide dog user cared - the priority was the handler and 
knowing she hit me, the handler didn't even say excuse me but rather 
acted like she was following her dog and I should udnerstand.

Everyone has their story to tell, and that is mine on this subject.  
Please give me some tips for cane travel to avoid hitting guide dog teams.

Thanks
Brenda