[nagdu] crossing highways alone with your guide

Larry D. Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Wed Jul 24 02:54:37 UTC 2013


Well, Holly can find those buttons! I just find the button and listen to the 
street I would like to cross. Push the button and listen.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Cannon" <cannona at fireantproductions.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] crossing highways alone with your guide


> Interesting. Where I live, the button for the street you want to cross is 
> not facing the street you want to cross.
>
> I assume that this is to make it convenient for those approaching the 
> corner to strike the button closest to themselves as they walk past, 
> assuming they are continuing straight.
>
> Aaron
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> On Jul 23, 2013, at 12:41 PM, "JULIE PHILLIPSON" <jbrew48 at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Cindy the one nearest the street you want to cross would be the one for
>> that street.  If they are on the same pole the one that is sort of 
>> faceing
>> the street you want to cross is the button for that street.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 8:48 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] crossing highways alone with your guide
>>
>> I used to have to cross a highway. It was not at an intersection; I think
>> that might be where I developed some of my fear of traffic. It wasn't 
>> quite
>> so busy when I first moved there, but it got busier, and people took it 
>> to
>> get to I35. Thing is, even when I could cross, I could still faintly hear
>> the cars that had gone by, but I couldn't tell if they were gone cars or
>> coming cars, so I developed considerable fear of crossing. I think it has
>> needlessly carried over, and now where I live I don't have to cross. I 
>> now
>> have a busy crossing with buttons, but I don't really know how to tell
>> which one I am pushing--for the busy street I want to cross or the other
>> one.
>>
>> CL
>>
>> On Jul 22, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Rebecca Ilniski <rilniski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all. I was wondering if any of you have crossed highways 
>>> independently
>> with your guides?  There are 2 major highways in my neighborhood and 
>> along
>> these highways are different places I like to go. Learning the routes are
>> not a problem for me even though I don't have the best sense of 
>> direction.
>> I used to freak out when I get lost but don't as much as I used to. I'd 
>> be
>> interested in any of your experiences with dealing with highways and 
>> pikes.
>>>
>>>
>>> Rebecca and Zeb
>>> email: rilniski at gmail.com
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