[access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different Colours - Import from Canada

  • From: "Vince Thacker" <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 10:00:14 +0100

Of course the white cane has blind written all over it - that's the whole idea, isn't it??? I am blind, and other road users may need to realise it.
I too have a guide dog, but I still carry the cane in my bag for odd times when the dog isn't there or I don't know how to judge, for example, an icy patch on the pavement or the gap when getting off a train. 

Vince.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 9:29 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different Colours - Import from Canada 



Hi Saqib
It is vitally important that a guide dog user has the mobility skills of a long cane in situations where they are unable to use the guide dog. This could be for a variety of reasons on the part of the guide dog and the owner. What does the Highway Code say Saqib about a long colour cane for the blind? Can you refer me to a direct reference on-line perhaps? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Saqib" <Saqib500@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 9:24 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different Colours - Import from Canada
Hi Eleanor. I'm not sure why this should be a huge concern for you as you are a guidedog user. Insisting on people using white canes only is not fair and I as a cane user have a right to choose the colour of my cane. If it gives me a positive feeling then that is all down to the RNIB making these canes available for us cane users.
-----Original Message----- From: Vince Thacker 
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 6:56 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different Colours - Import from Canada
Agreed, Clive. Quite a while ago, someone mentioned to me that people were carrying around pink and lilac canes, or yellow, or similar, and I wondered 
whether they were supposed to mean something, or were they a lifestyle
choice of a rather peculiar kind? And what are drivers supposed to make of them? The Highway Code, if I remember rightlly, does mention white canes. It 
doesn't mention pink ones as far as I know!

Vince.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clive Jacobs" <cj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 4:52 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different Colours - 
Import from Canada
Hi, not too sure about the idea of coloured canes. You are right in saying that the white cane is the universal indication of blindness. I fear that in offering coloured canes the impact will be lost and people will start to think that it is some kind of fashion accessory rather than a major mobility aid for the blind. Others may have different views but why confuse something that is so widely? Regards to you, CJ. 


On 30/09/2012 16:00, Eleanor Burke wrote:
Sorry Barry, this may be inappropriate. I would be interested if those who have used the imported non white canes would e-mail me off list to tell me how you find them and the public's reaction to you using one instead of the traditional long white cane, the worldwide symbol of blindness. My e-mail address is eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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