[gps-talkusers] e: traveling on the bus

Hello Rosemary
Yes I use gps often in that way doesn't it make you feel so much more confident while traveling.

two weeks ago I was on the bus in my home town on route to tune a customer's piano with Nathan my Guide Dog but without my gps because my Braillenote bt was away receiving its transplant to M-Power.

I realised after some time that my 30 route bus wasn't going the right way and by that time I was confused, (they'd changed the bus route in the previous week!!!"

I did realise eventually where I was but it was scary for a while.

I so wished gps had been there.

We are greatly privileged as blind individuals to have this technology, I understand that there are only about 50 blind people using gps in uk hopefully as cheaper systems become available more VI's will be able to take advantage of this hugely empowering equipment.

Gavin Atkins Darlington England


----- Original Message -----
From: "rosemary teehan" <rateehan@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 08:52:07 -0400
Subject: [gps-talkusers] traveling on the bus

Hi, I know this has happened to all of you many times, but it was
a first for me. I mostly use my GPS with pedestrian routes, creating them and then following by walking with my Seeing-Eye dog, Velvet. But the other day I was traveling to a friend's house by bus. I told the driver where I wanted to get off, and I also set repeat cross streets. I saw Perkins Street come up, and said, "Oh, this is my stop." By the way the driver responded, I could tell that he'd forgotten that he told me that he'd call out the stop. I hadn't traveled that route before, so I really didn't know how long the ride would be. What a thrill! And I got off, crossed the street, took a right, and walked directly to the house. Yippie!
Rosemary

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