[NAGDU] Roundabouts

[Amy Bonano]

That actually is a good point. There are actually some in Oregon that I’m aware of in Bend. And there’s some in the extended out Portland area. So very curious. I definitely don’t have any idea I’m a new guy dog user.

From The Beloved Rose
AmyRose Bonano

> On Mar 30, 2021, at 7:02 AM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I was just reading an article on roundabouts, and I wonder how they work for
> guide dog users.  A roundabout replaces the 4-way intersection with a
> traffic light, with which we're all familiar.  As I understand it, which
> isn't very well, the cars don't stop; they go slowly around a circle until
> they get to the street they want to go down.  But how does a pedestrian get
> across?  Do I have to count on crazed drivers to give me an opening, and my
> dog to save me if I get it wrong?  Sounds way too much like the T
> intersection near my house where I routinely took my life in my hands until
> I got the county to put a talking box on the traffic light.  Don't want to
> go back to that again.
> 
> So, does anyone know how to deal with a roundabout?  Is that why blind
> people in the UK are supposed to carry an ID cane, so they can wave it at
> drivers at a roundabout?  Not at all sure that would work on the psychos
> driving in New Jersey.
> 
> Not expecting to come across one of these things any time soon, but I'd like
> to know.
> 
> Tracy
> 
> 
> 
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