[nabs-l] Pedestrian safety improvement act

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi Jim,
I am shocked you would not support legislation.  We need to hear cars for 
our safety and independence.  Blind people use auditory cues to cross the 
street.  There is simply no way around it.  I would not want to fear being 
hit because I cannot hear half the cars as I cross the street.  Perhaps you 
don't care because you have enough vision to drive.  I recall you saying you 
comtemplated driving in a job because you wanted it so desperately.
You will put your safety at risk.  Sorry, I will not.  There is enough risk 
in crossing because we are pedestrians and the environment favors 
automobiles.  Let's not make it more dangerous by having many cars we cannot 
hear.

we are not against the hybrid we are only saying there needs to be noise on 
the car to hear it.
I care about the environment, but I also care about my safety.  I cannot be 
independent if I am dead from a car crash.

You can have your own opinion but the national NFB, ACB, AFB and others will 
fight for this bill so you are outnumbered.  Yes ACB is working on this.  We 
are not working together with ACB but we actually agree on this one, that 
silent cars are a safety hazard to the blind.
Ashley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Reed" <jim275_2 at yahoo.com>
To: "MAB List" <mt-blind at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:08 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] Pedestrian safety improvement act


Hello,
I am not quite sure how to feel on this issue. On one hand, quiet cars might 
pose a saftey risk to blind persons and others, but on the other hand, there 
is such a thing as noise pollution, air pollution, dependence on forign oil, 
and enviromental damage.

Aditionally, there is another element of this issue related to the support 
or hinderance of societal progress. Hybrids represent the next great leap in 
our society, if additional laws are passed regulating this development, it 
may prove to hinder the development of the hybrid car. Remember, the impact 
of hybrid cars isnt just a blindness issue, there are much more importiant 
nation issues at stake. For example, national security risk via a dependence 
of forign oil.

There are also economic concerns. The continued research and development of 
hybrids, alternative fuels, and "green" energy, will potentially be the 
savior of our economy. If hybrids become the next big thing, they could 
jumpstart the nearly dead auto industry, thus helping our economy and 
individual families. If you go to the national convention in Detroit, you 
will all see first hand the conciquences of this current economic collapes. 
Now is the time to be supporting industy and inovation, not hindering it.

Lastly, if blind independence is truely the goal of the NFB and blind 
persons, then the burden is on us -- blind people-- to adapt to the changing 
world, the burden is not on the world to adapt to us. Perhaps in the era of 
silent cars, it may be time to tweak cane-travel methodologies?

I can't support this. I will not be a party to the hinderance of societal 
progress, continued enviromental degradfation, or further economic decline. 
I will not expect industy or tax payers to foot the bill because I (we) 
refuse to adapt.

Well thats my two cents
Jim

"Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed."



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