[nagdu] Crosswalks

Mária Orovčíková maria.orovcikova at gmail.com
Tue May 7 14:31:31 UTC 2013


Hi all,
I am from Slovakia. Blind guide dog users here carry a short white cane 
as well.
It is for the safety reasons when we are on the roads.
With kind regards
Maria

On 7.5.2013 16:20, Tracy Carcione wrote:
> 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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