[nagdu] crossing highways alone with your guide

Wed Jul 24 14:14:09 UTC 2013

The ones that are far back from the corner make it especially hard, especially when the busier street is so very busy. 

CL

On Jul 24, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Darla Rogers <djrogers0628 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Right, Cindy Lou; some are on the same pole; some are on different poles;
> some seem to be out in the back 40 somewhere; some are as someone described
> where the button toward the front of you is the street in front of you, so
> the button more to your back and side would be the one you push to get the
> signal activated.
> 	Sometimes, you just have to push and wait which isn't easy for
> someone like me who isn't very patient.
> Darla & Handsome Huck
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 5:38 AM
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] crossing highways alone with your guide
> 
> Yeah, that's all good, push the button and listen; then I guess what you are
> saying is if it was the wrong one, you push the other one. At my corner they
> are on separate poles I think. Can't remember.
> 
> CL
> 
> On Jul 23, 2013, at 9:54 PM, "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>>>>> facebook: www.facebook.com/rebeccai5 sent from my IPhone
>>>>> 
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