[nagdu] Crosswalks

[Tracy Carcione]

Ken, I don't do this myself, but I hear that in England, blind guide dog
users carry a short white cane, like the ID cane Independent Living sells.
 When the person comes to a street crossing, he or she whips out the cane
and holds it up or waves it about, thus hopefully alerting drivers that a
blind person is about to cross.
Just something to possibly consider.
Tracy

> Thanks Tami, one of the problems here is that the traffic bumps makes them
> slow down so you get the feeling that they see you and are stopping when
> they aren't.
> Thanks,
> K&A
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tami Jarvis
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 7:54 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Crosswalks
>
> Ken,
>
> Yikes! I hate when that happens... And, yes, it has happened to us, too.
> In fact, Mitzi's first traffic check was all but knocking me on my butt to
> get the two of us out of the way from an illegal left turn while we were
> in
> the crossing a super well-lit intersection. I still want to chase that car
> down and do some damage! But I was pretty proud of my youngster, since I
> was
> still trying to figure out how to train for traffic checks. /smile/
>
> We've also nearly been mowed down by speeding bicyclists! And nearly run
> over by a car while standing on the sidewalk waiting for a light...
> Don't know how Mitzi called that one in time, but she nearly jerked me off
> my feet getting me out of the way! Then took a nice opportunistic sniff. I
> was just about ready to lay into her like I never have before when I heard
> the car and felt the heat on the backs of my legs and realized what had
> happened. So Mitzi got her well-earned sniff!
>
> I've never thought of using whistles or anything like that... I guess I
> figure if people can't watch where they are pointing their speeding death
> machines to begin with, the only thing one can do is listen up and pay
> attention... And hope the dog will drag you out of the way in time!
> /smile/
>
> Glad Ace was on the ball and keeping you safe!
>
> Tami
>
> On 05/04/2013 02:52 PM, Ken Ace wrote:
>> Hi all!
>>
>> I am curious if as a group you have problems in crosswalks in the
>> middle of the block. I mentioned earlier that Ace & I live in the
>> County in the USA that has the most pedestrian death a year. We also
>> have 40k visual impaired residences.
>>
>> Today Ace & I had two incidences where we were crossing and half way
>> across a car went right by us. Had we been a couple strides faster I
>> don't know what might have happened because the one was very close.
>>
>> So my question is do any of you carry a whistle or do you have any
>> other remedies that you employ to deal with this problem or is it just
>> because we live in Pinellas Co. FL.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ken & Ace
>>
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