[nagdu] Fw: [Njagdu] Disaster averted in downtown San Rafael when Guide Dogstrio escape car on sidewalk - Marin Independent Journal

Cindy Ray cindyray at gmail.com
Wed Jun 12 20:32:57 UTC 2013 

It could have been any one of us out there, the woman's car, or the woman herself, did not function well, they are investigating whether, indeed, she should be drifving at all. This does not make her dumb. It is, perhaps, misdirected for her to be driving. That kind of thing that happened doesn't happen often, b ut it is always a real possibility for a variety of reasons. I won't talk about it more cause I'm already scared of cars.

Cindy Lou

On Jun 12, 2013, at 3:26 PM, rhonda cruz <rhondaprincess at gmail.com> wrote:

> but it is about being safe. wile driving.
>  it could be anyone of us out there,
> 
> 
> On Jun 12, 2013, at 12:17 PM, Star Gazer wrote:
> 
>> She may not be dumb. She also may not have been aware how bad her driving
>> had gotten. 
>> My grandpa was in a car accident several years back. He's old and the
>> assumption was that he was too old to be driving. Turns out the car had a
>> mechanical failure. 
>> I don't know if that was the case here, or if the woman really shouldn't be
>> driving. Odds are, her family had concerns, but "taking the keys away" isn't
>> as easy as it might seem. 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Portia
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9:20 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [Njagdu] Disaster averted in downtown San Rafael
>> when Guide Dogstrio escape car on sidewalk - Marin Independent Journal
>> 
>> You know, it's lucky that the lady didnt kill others either. She is really
>> dumb and should gets her license taken and deserves to have someone who can
>> drive drive her around and see how she feels.  It disgusts me when people
>> think they can drive, when they obviously can't.
>> 
>> Portia.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jun 12, 2013, at 5:54 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> And here's another version.  I hope ythe old lady is taken off the road.
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Ginger Kutsch
>>> To: New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:53 AM
>>> Subject: [Njagdu] Disaster averted in downtown San Rafael when Guide 
>>> Dogstrio escape car on sidewalk - Marin Independent Journal
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Disaster averted in downtown San Rafael when Guide Dogs trio escape 
>>> car on sidewalk - Marin Independent Journal
>>> 
>>> http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_23439366/disaster-averted-downtown
>>> -san-rafael-when-guide-dogs
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> A mid-morning stroll in downtown San Rafael nearly turned disastrous when
>> a 93-year-old woman drove backward down a sidewalk, narrowly missing two
>> employees and a dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "It was just an unbelievable sight to see something going backwards,
>> barreling down the sidewalk," said Todd Jurek, a training supervisor for
>> Guide Dogs for the Blind. He quickly herded the fellow employee and dog out
>> of harm's way when he noticed the dog jerk its head to look behind them.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The dramatic scene, captured on video by a private security camera mounted
>> on a nearby building, can be viewed at www.marinij.com.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The incident occurred at about 11:30 a.m. Monday, when Jurek and Danielle
>> Alvarado, an apprentice instructor, were walking on Fourth Street near E
>> Street with an 18-month-old yellow Labrador retriever, O'Neil.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jurek, 48, of Petaluma, said he was spotting Alvarado, who was
>> blindfolded, and assessing O'Neil's guide dog skills when he noticed O'Neil
>> turn around to look behind him. When Jurek looked back to see what had
>> caught O'Neil's attention, he saw a black car headed straight for them.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The surveillance video shows the three walking down Fourth and then Jurek
>> running and pushing Alvarado around an E Street corner seconds before a
>> black car speeds backwards down the sidewalk, smashing a store window and
>> finally coming to rest on the opposite corner of Fourth and E streets.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jurek said he heard the glass window break, but it was O'Neil who turned
>> his head first to see what was happening.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "He probably heard the commotion before the window popped," Jurek said.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> As the car tore down the sidewalk, it hit a city bench, nicked a stop
>> light and barely missed colliding with another car. Jurek said he just
>> grabbed Alvarado and yelled "go, go, go!" as one of the car's doors came off
>> and pieces of the vehicle flew everywhere.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "My thought was, is this car going to continue around the corner and are
>> its debris going to fly at us?" Jurek said.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Miraculously, no one was injured in the incident, including the driver and
>> her passenger, Jurek said.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> San Rafael police Sgt. Raul Aguilar said the driver of the car, a San
>> Rafael resident, is not suspected of intoxication and did not appear to have
>> a medical emergency before the incident. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The investigation is continuing, but the preliminary theory is that the
>> woman put the car in reverse instead of forward, and the angle of the wheels
>> sent her up on the sidewalk, Aguilar said.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The police department is requesting a reexamination of the woman by the
>> Department of Motor Vehicles.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jurek, who has worked for Guide Dogs for 21 years, called
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> the incident a one-in-a-million event in which both the dog and handler
>> responded correctly - with O'Neil turning back around to help move Alvarado
>> out of harm's way, and Alvarado not letting go of the dog's leash.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "You can't train a dog for such a dramatic incident," Jurek said. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> O'Neil underwent additional traffic training and testing Tuesday, just to
>> confirm he wasn't traumatized by the incident. Jurek said the courageous
>> canine is in the midst of his final testing and will soon be protecting one
>> of the Guide Dog's blind or sight-impaired clients. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "He'll get placed with someone likely in the next two or three weeks,"
>> Jurek said. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Contact Megan Hansen via email at mhansen at marinij.com or via Twitter 
>>> at http://twitter.com/hansenmegan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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