[NAGDU] Traffic checks

[Ann Edie]

Hi, Tracy,

I'm with you on the subject of driverless cars--I can't wait till they're
available and truly automated, not just for all the oblivious sighted
drivers out there, but also for myself! That would be real freedom for those
of us who live in suburbs or more spread-out regions where public
transportation is impractical or non-existent. It would really put us on
equal terms with our sighted fellows. Then Panda and I could hop into our
own automated car, program the computer, sit back and enjoy the ride, and
then hop out and complete our business or pleasure like anyone else. The
only little problem I can see is the cost of the automated car. Do you think
that not-for-profit organizations would pop up to provide driverless cars
and training in how to use them to blind people in order to increase their
freedom and independence? Do you think the image of a blind person traveling
independently to work on the public roads in his/her own car would serve to
raise the same kind of funds that cute puppies do for the guide dog programs
nowadays?

Safe travels.

Ann

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Hi Anne.
I know you're right.  2 people have been killed on the main street here, and
the cops have done nothing at all.  And of course, what am I doing out
without a keeper, anyway?  Makes me furious, really.  You're so kind.  You
only want a camera to take pictures of the offender.  I want a bazooka.  Cut
me off?  Boom! But the noise would scare my dog.
I say, bring on the driverless cars, so the idiots aren't in charge anymore.
Tracy


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Tracy,

Good luck with getting the police to even try to do anything about drivers
entering the crosswalks when there are pedestrians crossing. Drivers don't
usually even get ticketed, much less charged with a crime, when they
actually hit and injure a pedestrian crossing with the light and the Walk
cycle. And if the pedestrian happens to be blind or otherwise disabled, then
he or she is even more likely to be blamed for being in the street in the
first place. You're likely to here something like this from the offending
motorist, "Officer, I never saw the person in the crosswalk," (despite the
fact that the person was crossing during the "Walk" cycle and was 6'2" tall,
wearing a bright yellow rain slicker, and accompanied by a 28: tall GSD
guide dog--and a 14-man, marching brass band!)

But I certainly wish we could get some action on this matter. I wish I could
read license plates when these situations occur, or that I had a
body-mounted camera that could record the events for police follow-up
action.

Good luck.

Ann

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Subject: [NAGDU] Traffic checks

There's a street I cross 2-3 times a week where we frequently get traffic
checks.  There's a light, and I know when in the cycle it's my turn to go,
but it also seems like anyone can turn any time they want.  Damn
right-on-red and the scum who thought of it.

Did you know in NJ it's illegal for a driver to enter the crosswalk when a
blind person is in it?  I didn't, until I read the law, and I'm sure drivers
don't know, either.  I'd settle for not entering the crosswalk until I'm
good and past.  

I'm wondering if contacting the police would achieve anything.  

Or I could cross further up, a couple blocks from the light, which makes me
a bit nervous, but fewer idiots turn on me.

Krokus has been fantastic, looking out for us, but really, who needs it?

Tracy

 

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