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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That is a good one. I was thinking about that
a couple of years ago and wanted to get something into the drivers' manual so
I'm glad it is already there. That is half the battle but now we have to
figure out who to contact to help make it a law that people know about.
The other problem is that there are not crosswalks at every intersection,
something I did not no until recently, so I'm sure most of us cross without a
crosswalk a lot of the time, so it really means when a blind person is crossing
the street. How are we going to know which streets have crosswalks and
which streets dont? Good topic to ponder. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue, Wonder, and Gilly</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=vgc732@optonline.net href="mailto:vgc732@optonline.net">Vincent
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=njagdu@nfbnet.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 19, 2010 11:15
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Njagdu] Driver
awareness</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Tracy,<BR><BR>This is very interesting and would be a good
discussion topic. I wonder how <BR>we could have these points included in any
NJ Drivers Ed courses. If we have <BR>the opportunity to speak at a high
school level school, this would be a good <BR>point to bring up.<BR>This is a
good one for us to ponder about and talk about during our monthly
<BR>meetings...<BR><BR>Vinny<BR>Vincent Chaney Jr<BR>NFB Diabetes Action
Network (DAN) Board<BR>NFBNJ Diabetes Division President<BR>NJAGDU Division
President<BR>NFBNJ Technology Division Vice President<BR>NFBNJ.ORG
Webmaster<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Tracy Carcione" <<A
href="mailto:carcione@access.net">carcione@access.net</A>><BR>To: <<A
href="mailto:nagdu@nfbnet.org">nagdu@nfbnet.org</A>><BR>Cc: <<A
href="mailto:njagdu@nfbnet.org">njagdu@nfbnet.org</A>><BR>Sent: Friday,
March 19, 2010 2:46 PM<BR>Subject: [Njagdu] Driver
awareness<BR><BR><BR>Tammi's comments about the man whose dog was killed while
they were<BR>crossing the street brings to my mind an issue I'd like to work
on, if<BR>anyone has any idea how to do it effectively.<BR>I'm pretty sure
that the White Cane laws require a driver to yield to a<BR>blind
pedestrian. If a blind person is in the crosswalk, either with a<BR>dog
or a cane, the driver is supposed to wait for the blind person
to<BR>cross.<BR>I saw that in the NJ law when I was looking up guide dog law,
and I almost<BR>laughed. I had no idea! Almost no one does
it! There are streets around<BR>here where I hesitate to cross even with
the light because it's very<BR>likely that someone will come zooming around
the corner in front of me.<BR>And, if I wait for all the turners, I don't have
time to cross. So, if I<BR>can, I cross someplace less hairy.<BR>My
husband and I were shocked a few years ago in San Francisco.
We<BR>crossed a street at the wrong time, not being familiar with the
traffic<BR>patterns, and the drivers waited for us to get across! We
were amazed.<BR>Wouldn't happen In Jersey. I don't think it happens in
California all the<BR>time, either.<BR><BR>Is there a way to educate drivers
not to turn on top of pedestrians, or<BR>especially blind pedestrians? I
don't want to make us out to be poor<BR>pathetic people, but I don't want to
get run over by some guy who thinks<BR>somehow I will jump out of the way or
something. Ben is very good with<BR>traffic--it's one of the reasons I
chose TSE--but we're only flesh and<BR>blood, and there's only so much we can
do.<BR><BR>I remember Marion saying how his chapter set up a sting of sort,
and had a<BR>blind guy crossing the street and a cop ticketing the people who
cut him<BR>off. I've mentioned it to the New York City chapter, but they
were not<BR>interested. Is it such a bad idea? Is there a better
way?<BR><BR>Could a question about White Cane laws be added to the driver's
test?<BR>Could there be something about it in Drivers Ed for high school
kids? Or<BR>is it hopeless, and we just have to take our chances?
Well, we have to<BR>take our chances anyway, but maybe we could improve the
odds?<BR>Any
ideas?<BR>Tracy<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Njagdu
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