[NAGDU] Roundabouts

[Sandra Johnson]

Hi,

When I got Eva in 2014 I asked her trainer that same question.  They have lots of roundaboutsin my area and are and always building more.  He basically said to avoid them.  The purpose of the roundabout is to keep the traffic moving so the cars never stop to give pedestrians a safe crossing.  This is another example of doing what is best for the drivers but not caring what happens to people who do not drive.  Now if I am going to a new place, I check out the route in advance with a maps app to be sure I know if there are changes I have to make in order to have the safest route for someone walking.    

Sandra and Eva
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From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jody ianuzzi via NAGDU
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 11:30 AM
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Cc: Jody ianuzzi <thunderwalker321 at gmail.com>; Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Roundabouts

Good morning Tracy,

I talked to our state O and M instructor about roundabouts. He is very experienced and he knows that I am an excellent traveler. His advice was to go up the street to the next intersection and avoid the roundabout. He basically said fools rush in war angels fear to tread!  Some roundabouts have no allowances for pedestrians  larger ones might have a crossing area but I will still avoid them and go to the next intersection up the street.  

JODY

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> On Mar 30, 2021, at 10:00 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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