[nagdu] crossing highways alone with your guide

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Doug the hardest thing crossing is the quiet cars. We can't hear them coming. I count on my dog to refuse to go forward if she doesn't feel its safe. 
Marilyn and Anna

----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Parisian 
Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 5:59 pm
Subject: Re: [nagdu] crossing highways alone with your guide
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 

> I suppose I'd cross a highway with no lights if I absolutely had 
> to. 
> Depending on the speed, you might start crossing when you her 
> nothing when 
> the audio suddenly happens and you don't have enough time to 
> continue or 
> retreat before another much more unpleasant sound is produced.
> 
> Doug: dead skunk in the middle of the road!
> 
> 
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] crossing highways alone with your guide
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> 
> : Rebecca , I have crossed the parkway where I live. When the 
> bus drops me 
> off I have no choice but to cross it as my house across the 
> street and a few 
> blocks away. I concentrate on one side of the park way and then 
> I make it 
> into the medium where the grass is and concentrate on the other 
> side. I will 
> tell you its scary. I don't cross at the light because its more 
> dangerous 
> there with cars turning. I have also crossed Sunrise Highway 
> years ago and 
> that was scary. I was with my husband crossing that Highway. I 
> have crossed 
> Veterans Highway near my job . Another scary highway. On Vets 
> Highway there 
> is a Audible Pedestrian Signal. I have crossed Montauk Highway 
> but not 
> recently. We had an Audible placed there a few months ago.
> : If you do decide to cross a highway make sure you know if 
> there is a 
> medium so you can concentrate on one side of the road at a time.
> : Marilyn and Anna
> :
> : ----- Original Message -----
> : From: Rebecca Ilniski
> : Date: Monday, July 22, 2013 11:08 pm
> : Subject: [nagdu] crossing highways alone with your guide
> : To: the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List
> :
> : > Hi all. I was wondering if any of you have crossed highways
> : > independently with your guides? There are 2 major highways in
> : > my neighborhood and along these highways are different 
> places I
> : > like to go. Learning the routes are not a problem for me even
> : > though I don't have the best sense of direction. I used to freak
> : > out when I get lost but don't as much as I used to. I'd be
> : > interested in any of your experiences with dealing with highways
> : > and pikes.
> : >
> : >
> : > Rebecca and Zeb
> : > email: rilniski at gmail.com
> : > facebook: www.facebook.com/rebeccai5
> : > sent from my IPhone
> : >
> : >
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