[nfbmi-talk] Opinions on audible crosswalks?

[Larry D. Keeler]

I am in favor of them. Coupled with good mobiliby skills they can be 
great!I've heard that in some European countries they work really well! 
Having said that the ones like you are talking about are poorly maintained. 
It also doesn't cover both lanes there. When it tells you to cross the 
unfortunate thing is that only one lane is good to go. The one on Paccard 
and Stadium works much better with traffic. Also, unfortunately, some folks 
have a tendancy to rely on the signal to be accurate more often than it 
really is! Some of the advantages are that the one on Jackson-Maple does 
click and you can hear it way before you get to it. Except when the city 
decides to turn it down!
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>    Personally, I am not in favor of audible cross walks. I find it much 
> easier to listen to traffic rather than to have traffic
> sounds masked by a beeping noise. Also, often audible signals are put at 
> dead intersections that are not complex at all. There is
> one in Ann Arbor at Jackson Road. If you cross when the audible signal 
> tells you to then you will assuredly die!! I would rather
> rely on my own ears and skill to assess the situation any day.
>
> Terri Wilcox
>
>
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