[NAGDU] Traffic checks

Tracy Carcione carcione at access.net
Wed Aug 17 17:29:44 UTC 2016 

Wow, Rox!  Your own hero! Many blessings on that guy!
That crossing sounds nerve-racking.  My nerves aren't what they used to be.

Tracy


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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Traffic checks

The other day, I was going to work, walking along a busy road with quieter
roads intersecting it.  One of these quiet roads is famous for the right on
red people.  Or the just drive and expect the other people to stop you for
kind of people.  
Soleil is very careful about that road because it's traffic check city.  I
told her forward  not one time, or twice but 3 different times I was cut off
by 3 different drivers.  
So some guy stops his car, mid-intersection, gets out, and helps me across
the road after blocking all the traffic.  The whole time swearing very
loudly and colorfully about the people who would not stop.  
I could not hear him but my neighbor texted to say she saw the whole thing.
She said I had a guardian Angel. 
I said that I have Adam Sandler for my Gardian Angel. Lol
 

 Rox and the kitchen Bitches: 
Mill'E, Laveau, Soleil
Pawpower4me at gmail.com
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> On Aug 17, 2016, at 9:41 AM, Ann Edie via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Tracy,
> 
> I'm with you on the subject of driverless cars--I can't wait till 
> they're available and truly automated, not just for all the oblivious 
> sighted drivers out there, but also for myself! That would be real 
> freedom for those of us who live in suburbs or more spread-out regions 
> where public transportation is impractical or non-existent. It would 
> really put us on equal terms with our sighted fellows. Then Panda and 
> I could hop into our own automated car, program the computer, sit back 
> and enjoy the ride, and then hop out and complete our business or 
> pleasure like anyone else. The only little problem I can see is the 
> cost of the automated car. Do you think that not-for-profit 
> organizations would pop up to provide driverless cars and training in 
> how to use them to blind people in order to increase their freedom and 
> independence? Do you think the image of a blind person traveling 
> independently to work on the public roads in his/her own car would 
> serve to raise the same kind of funds that cute puppies do for the guide
dog programs nowadays?
> 
> Safe travels.
> 
> Ann
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy 
> Carcione via NAGDU
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 6:55 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Tracy Carcione
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Traffic checks
> 
> Hi Anne.
> I know you're right.  2 people have been killed on the main street 
> here, and the cops have done nothing at all.  And of course, what am I 
> doing out without a keeper, anyway?  Makes me furious, really.  You're 
> so kind.  You only want a camera to take pictures of the offender.  I 
> want a bazooka.  Cut me off?  Boom! But the noise would scare my dog.
> I say, bring on the driverless cars, so the idiots aren't in charge
anymore.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ann Edie 
> via NAGDU
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 3:17 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Ann Edie
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Traffic checks
> 
> Tracy,
> 
> Good luck with getting the police to even try to do anything about 
> drivers entering the crosswalks when there are pedestrians crossing. 
> Drivers don't usually even get ticketed, much less charged with a 
> crime, when they actually hit and injure a pedestrian crossing with 
> the light and the Walk cycle. And if the pedestrian happens to be 
> blind or otherwise disabled, then he or she is even more likely to be 
> blamed for being in the street in the first place. You're likely to 
> here something like this from the offending motorist, "Officer, I 
> never saw the person in the crosswalk," (despite the fact that the 
> person was crossing during the "Walk" cycle and was 6'2" tall, wearing 
> a bright yellow rain slicker, and accompanied by a 28: tall GSD guide 
> dog--and a 14-man, marching brass band!)
> 
> But I certainly wish we could get some action on this matter. I wish I 
> could read license plates when these situations occur, or that I had a 
> body-mounted camera that could record the events for police follow-up 
> action.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Ann
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy 
> Carcione via NAGDU
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 1:46 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Cc: Tracy Carcione
> Subject: [NAGDU] Traffic checks
> 
> There's a street I cross 2-3 times a week where we frequently get 
> traffic checks.  There's a light, and I know when in the cycle it's my 
> turn to go, but it also seems like anyone can turn any time they want.  
> Damn right-on-red and the scum who thought of it.
> 
> Did you know in NJ it's illegal for a driver to enter the crosswalk 
> when a blind person is in it?  I didn't, until I read the law, and I'm 
> sure drivers don't know, either.  I'd settle for not entering the 
> crosswalk until I'm good and past.
> 
> I'm wondering if contacting the police would achieve anything.  
> 
> Or I could cross further up, a couple blocks from the light, which 
> makes me a bit nervous, but fewer idiots turn on me.
> 
> Krokus has been fantastic, looking out for us, but really, who needs it?
> 
> Tracy
> 
> 
> 
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