[nagdu] Crossing a highway

Sat Jul 27 16:40:01 UTC 2013

Hi Cindy.
I don't think fears are shameful.  One just has to work to keep them from 
taking over.  Sometimes I still have to gather up my nerve before I sally 
forth. Things can be scary.  But it's worse to allow myself to become a 
prisoner in my house, afraid to go where I want to go.
And some situations are just dangerous.  I worked very hard to get an 
audible signal put in at a T intersection near my house, so I could cross 
the street without taking my life in my hands. It's made a big difference in 
where I feel safe going.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Crossing a highway

I told that to Walt Sutton. LOL. But of course you have to develop a healthy 
respect for traffic. I don't go enough, and the places hereare challenging. 
I can walk around easily downtown, but out here where I live, I have 
developed some shameful fears.

CL

On Jul 27, 2013, at 11:12 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:

> After I listened to the TSE traffic lecture, I called a friend and told 
> her I was never crossing a street again!  It's a scary lecture.
> Tracy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buddy Brannan" <buddy at brannan.name>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 4:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Crossing a highway
>
>
> Seeing Eye traffic lecture says that a dog can’t reliably judge any faster 
> than 30 MPH, and they don’t train for that. At 30, a car moves a couple 
> undred feet in just two seconds. Something like that. I have to dig up the 
> traffic lecture recording. I do remember, anyway, that we never got such 
> detail at GDB.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2013, at 11:12 PM, Darla Rogers <djrogers0628 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for that, Doug; I had heard something of how dogs can or can't 
>> judge
>> speed, so this is a very good fact to have when making crossing decisions 
>> in
>> areas that aren't the safest.
>> Darla Who doesn't want to become road pizza
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Doug Parisian
>> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 2:20 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Crossing a highway
>>
>> Tracy, I agree; I have crossed highways only when there is no other 
>> option.
>> I understand that although a dog may see a car coming, they real can't 
>> judge
>> whether they will cross before the car hits much above 15 miles per hour.
>>
>> Doug: getting squished by a car makes one two-dimensional.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:20 PM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Crossing a highway
>>
>>
>> : Marilyn, while it's true that a dog will refuse to go if she sees a car
>> : coming, it's also true that she can only see so far, and, if a car is
>> coming
>> : fast, as they do on highways, she may not see it far enough away to 
>> react
>> : quickly enough to save you both.
>> : I know this from both lectures and bitter experience.  I was hit trying 
>> to
>> : cross Jericho Turnpike one night.
>> : I'm with Cindy.  I don't like crossing highways at all anymore.  I know
>> : sometimes it's the only way to go, but I would much rather not.
>> : Tracy
>> :
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