[NAGDU] Horrible Left Tendency

[Rox Homstad]

Hey dave,
This is very well put. Also as a teacher in several public schools, its important for my dog to walk on the right side because although I do my best to avoid it, many times I'll be entering or exiting school right in the middle of class change and there will be lines of students going from one place to another and its better if my dog can go with the flow, as it were, and walk on the right with everyone else rather than having to move upstream, against traffic and causing a bunch of chaos while she's at it.


Rox'E and the Kitchen Bitches
Soleil, Rowan, Phoenix
pawpower4me at gmail.com

> On Aug 28, 2019, at 11:02 AM, David via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I know this has been talked to death, but I have a couple of new observations.
> 
> I understood that left-guiding is based upon the need to face traffic when walking on roads where drivers drive on the right side of the road, so that you are always facing traffic when walking on the road without a side walk. GDF trains guides to walk on the left, but they also train the commands, OVER RIGHT and OVER LEFT. I find it easier to just let Claire Rose guide me from the left of the path, except in NYC.
> 
> In NYC, I get body slammed when walking on the left at least twice, often more, each block I walk. What I have found is that fast-paced New Yorkers are very self-absorbed. When they sense, but don't look at, someone coming toward them, they will move slightly to their left. They apparently think that the person coming toward them will also move a little to their left as well. When you don't, a collision occurs.
> 
> When traveling in different countries, I have found that each culture has its own rules regarding personal space. Who gives way to whom depends upon where you are. Speed, angle of approach, and placement on the walkway are all important aspects of this. Sometimes the rules change on subways and stairways, in airports, performance venues, and stores. Italy's rules are vastly different from Germany's. France's rules are different from Spain's. I think a study would make a great Master's thesis, if it hasn't been done already.
> 
> *David in Clearwater, FL*
> *david at bakerinet.com*
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