[nfbwatlk] FW: NFB stand on Blind Child Area signs?

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
My daughter and I were nearly across a street once when a driver hit me, 
which made me push my daughter down.  She wasn't hurt, thank goodness, but I 
was.  They didn't charge the girl who hit me even though we had the 
right-of-way.  She didn't have insurance since she was from Iowa and they 
didn't make drivers have insurance back then (I don't know if they do now). 
Only 2 blind people I know who were hit by a car received payment from the 
drivers; quite a bit.
Thanks
Lauren

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "debby phillips" <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] FW: NFB stand on Blind Child Area signs?


> Hi Mary Ellen, yeah, oh are in wheelchairs.  Someone hit a person in a 
> wheelchair in Spokane a couple days ago.  Fortunately they were cited (the 
> driver I mean).  But here's an interesting research project for those who 
> are in to such.  Over the years, I have known of, or known personally 
> blind people who have been hit by cars.  Only in two of those situations 
> were the drivers charged.  So, what dines that say about law enforcement's 
> view of blind pedestrians?    Peace,    Debby
>
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