[NAGDU] Does an American white cane have red tip?

[Julie Johnson]

Some white canes have red tips here, but not all.  It is up to the 
individual user as to what sort of cane they choose to use.  Laws differ 
slightly from state to state, but generally say that motorists must yield to 
any blind/visually impaired pedestrian using a white/silver colored cane 
with or without a red tip or a blind/visually impaired pedestrian 
accompanied by a guide dog.   Some blind people choose to use canes in a 
variety of other colors, blue, pink, black etc.  My personal opinion is that 
using a not white/silver cane is not going to give you the specific white 
cane law provisions, but general pedestrian laws will absolutely still 
apply.

Here we get into the history of blindness in the U.S.  Once upon a time it 
was considered to be contributory negligence for a blind person to be out 
and about alone.  So if a driver hit a blind pedestrian, with or without a 
cane, it was considered to be at least partly the fault of the blind 
pedestrian, who shouldn't have been out in the first place.  What we call 
the white cane laws put an end to this.  For about 60 years now every state 
has a law addressing blind pedestrians, removing automatic fault due to 
blindness.  Essentially this made blind pedestrians the same as any other 
pedestrian.

So much of the law is tangled up with history.  It's all very facinating to 
me.

Julie
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Dr.dbTarzan via NAGDU
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2019 2:55 AM
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Subject: [NAGDU] Does an American white cane have red tip?

This is Tarzan from Japan.

I heard that an American white cane have red tip.
Correct?

Is it determinated by law?


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