[tabi] Re: why so many pedestrian accidents; was Re: pedestrian/auto accident report yesterday

  • From: "Darla J. Rogers" <djrogers0628@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:45:12 -0500

Dear Chip,

To my knowledge, none does, but I'm sure one of our vendors will correct me if 
I'm wrong.

I understand some of this information can be gained from googlemaps.

Darla

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chip Orange 
  To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 3:27 PM
  Subject: [tabi] Re: why so many pedestrian accidents; was Re: pedestrian/auto 
accident report yesterday


  Does anyone on TABI have one of the notetaker based gps nav systems?  Will 
they tell you if a particular route along a street has a sidewalk or not?

   

  Chip

   

   





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  Chip Orange
  Database Administrator
  Florida Public Service Commission

  Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  (850) 413-6314

   (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not 
necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)

  From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of Darla J. Rogers
  Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 4:14 PM
  To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [tabi] Re: why so many pedestrian accidents; was Re: pedestrian/auto 
accident report yesterday

   

  Thank you, Erica for the update about the pedestrian who was struck.  I 
st6ill wonder if she was in the street; on the sidewalk, if there is one, or if 
she was attempting to cross the street.

   

  People who run red lights are  very, very dangerous for us; we, as blind 
pedestrians, simply cannot afford to walk while distracted by anything.

   

  Darla

   

   

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: ericamccaul@xxxxxxxxxxxx 

    To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

    Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 2:07 PM

    Subject: [tabi] Re: why so many pedestrian accidents; was Re: 
pedestrian/auto accident report yesterday

     

    Chip,
    I'm hoping that the initiation of the red-light running ticketing program 
will help flush out the answer here.
    I certainly think driving behaviors have degraded since the advent of cell 
phones and especially texting! 
    However, I've also heard law enforcement's argument that they have "more 
important" things to do than catch speeders, etc.
    You would think that an increased law enforcement presence would in fact 
improve drivers' behavior. I will say that if my neighborhood is any example, 
it, sadly, does not. Cops are out in force many, many days in the school zone 
near my home... and I see at least 2 cars pulled ever each day for speeding in 
the well-marked school zone. So, for all the days and years the school and 
school zone have been there, and all the days and weeks the cops have been 
there, apparently the drivers that frequent this area keep believing "They 
won't catch me."

    On a related matter, below I have pasted an update to the hit and run 
accident on Madison street over the weekend.

SUV connected with Saturday hit-and-run identifiedpublished Sept. 27 11:17amAn 
SUV traveling near Florida State University's campus was identified by an FSU 
police officer as the vehicle connected with Saturday's hit-and-run incident on 
West Madison Street, reported Officer David McCranie, spokesman for the 
Tallahassee Police Department, in a news release.Kathy Raynor, 59, was struck 
by a vehicle while walking along the 700 block of West Madison Street, the 
release said.Witnesses said that the SUV drove off after hitting Raynor. They 
described the SUV as a black newer model, possibly a Jeep Grand Cherokee, with 
tinted windows, black rims and damage near the driver's-side 
headlight.According to the release, the SUV was seized after an FSU police 
officer matched it to hit-and-run witnesses' descriptions. TPD's traffic 
homicide unit is investigating the SUV.Raynor suffered serious injuries and is 
currently in serious, but stable condition at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, 
the release stated.

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