[Nfbmo] Blind Driver Challenge

[Matthew Sievert]

Cari,

"totally valid"? I am "legally blind" with some sight, and I definitely can not operate a regular vehicle in a normal "sighted" fashion. 

Why must someone be 100% blind to make this experiment valid? 

Matt





On Jan 31, 2011, at 1:16 AM, Cari Kness <carisuekness at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm really happy for Mark and the NFB that this was such a success. I have a question. I will ask it and then explain why I want to know. The question is: Is Mark totally blind? I ask this question because to make the challenge totally and 100% valid, the driver should be depending soley on the sensory technology. Mark once had a lot of usable vision to the point where he could read print. If he has any usable vision, was he by any chance wearing sleep shades? Either way, I'm still very proud of Mark. I know him and Melissa from Wisconsin but I honestly don't remember about his  blindness.
> Peace,
> Cari
> At 10:26 PM 1/30/2011, you wrote:
>> Here is a link to the article in the Daytona newspaper about Saturday’s blind Driver challenge. Our own Gary Wunder is quoted extensively in it. http://www.news-journalonline.com/racing/rolex-24/2011/01/30/technology-helps-blind-driver-lead-lap.html Hope to get even more information on this historic event Gene _______________________________________________ Nfbmo mailing list Nfbmo at nfbnet.org http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbmo_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfbmo: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbmo_nfbnet.org/carisuekness%40gmail.com 
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