Bleep and Sweep is a good idea that has not lived up to its promise. We find it easy to hear the wrong crossing even at the minimum 5 - 7m separation. They are expensive and unreliable and we now rely on tactile rotating cones. Dick > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Clark [SMTP:Tim.Clark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 31 July 2002 14:30 > To: tcug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TCUG] Bleep and Sweep > > > Can anyone direct me to relevant advice notes or personally advise as to > the minimum stagger required for bleep and sweep to operate. We have a > site at which the units have been deactivated in the central reserve, I > am told they were confusing the users. > > I have not previously had any involvement with this facility but > understood that the sound was directional but obviously there are still > limitations. Can anyone offer any advice or personnel experience which > may help ? I have a militant blind group insisting on the reactivation > of these units whatever the cost. > > > ************************************************************************** > ****** > Note: We are a Microsoft Office site. Our base version is 4.3. Please > make sure > that files you send can be read in this format. > > Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, > modification, distribution and/or publication of this e-mail is strictly > prohibited save unless expressly authorised by the sender. > > The information contained in this message is intended for the named > recipients only. It may contain privileged and confidential information > and if you > are not the addressee or the person responsible for delivering this to the > addressee, > you may not copy, distribute or take action in reliance on it. > If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender(s) > immediately by telephone. Please also destroy and delete as soon as > possible > the message from your computer. > ************************************************************************** > ************************************************************************** > * > ----------------------------------------------------------- > A message from the TCUG mailing list. For information about > the list visit //www.freelists.org/webpage/tcug ----------------------------------------------------------- A message from the TCUG mailing list. For information about the list visit //www.freelists.org/webpage/tcug