[gps-talkusers] Re: They thought I was a terrorist

Rick,

I have felt selfconscious a time or two wondering what people think of the 
electronic rig. I don't think anyone ever called the cops on me, and you are 
right about the officer not identifying himself.
Mike

 
At 07:22 AM 9/25/2007, you wrote:
>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: <mailto:rick@xxxxxxxxxxx>rick@xxxxxxxxxxx
>www.4dewitt.com
> 
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>8:02 AM

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