[gps-talkusers] They thought I was a terrorist

Hi folks,

Sunday was a perfect late September day in New Jersey, where I live, so I
decided to take me and my guide dog on a 2-mile walk at around 8 am. We have
a wonderful route in a quiet residential neighborhood.

I was carrying mhy BrailleNote QT 32, and my old Magellan receiver, since I
had left my newer one at work. I stopped to adjust some route settings and
proceeded.

About 5 minutes later a car pulled up beside me, and the driver said,
"Excuse me, are you blind?" 
I told him yes, though I thought it a strange question with my dog and
harness in full view.
"What's that thing on your shoulder?" he inquired.
I told him about the BrailleNote and the GPS, and some things it could do,
and then I heard the police radio. I found that one of the neighbors was
concerned and suspicious because I was typing into a little computer in
front of the house. For the life of me, I don't know what they thought I
might be doing in full view in broad daylight. 

The thing that bothered me most about this amusing encounter was the officer
didn't immediately identify himself as a policeman before asking me
questions. A person believing a questioner to be a civilian might ignore him
or tell him to go to Hell or worse, which is not the kind of talk a
policeman likes to hear.
   
 
Rick Fox
VP, Field Operations
De Witt & Associates
700 Godwin Avenue
Suite 110
Midland Park, NJ 07432
Voice: 201-447-6500 Ext. 213
Fax: 201-447-1187
Email: HYPERLINK "mailto:rick@xxxxxxxxxxx"rick@xxxxxxxxxxx
HYPERLINK "http://www.4dewitt.com/"www.4dewitt.com
 

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