[real-eyes] Re: Fw: Please post to real-eyes
- From: "Kimberly A. Morrow, PhD" <morrowka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 12:35:29 +0000
This is an issue on which the NFB and I are in total opposition. As I
understand it, the NFB believes that audible signals and other detectible
warning devices are an unnecessary expense--that if one possesses good O&M
skills, there should be no need for such extravagant accommodations. So why,
then, are there signs and other types of visual indicators for the sighted--all
of which society deems perfectly acceptable? I hope that the tragic event the
blind community has just experienced will cause all of us to take another look
at this issue--not just at that particular intersection, but at our safety as a
whole and the types of measures that can be undertaken to increase it.
Kimberly A. Morrow, PhD
Communications Specialist
Unity
Message of Hope Ministry
1901 NW Blue Parkway
Unity Village, MO 64065
Toll Free: 866-421-3066
Local: 816-251-3588
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Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 10:57 AM
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Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: Please post to real-eyes
I was thinking more about the need for electronics at that crosswalk.
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On Behalf Of bill stephan
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Cc: Sheila Styron
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: Please post to real-eyes
the author of the Star article that contained the erroneous information has
been made aware of the findings of the lead investigator.
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Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: Please post to real-eyes
From: "Mitchell D. Lynn" <mlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 09/01/2011 17:54
Is anyone sending this along to the news outlets?
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On Behalf Of Reginald George
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 1:55 PM
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Subject: [real-eyes] Fw: Please post to real-eyes
Please excuse the cross post. I realize that this is a technology list, but
Chip has many friends here, and I know we are all concerned.
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From: Sheila Styron
I work as the public policy coordinator for The Whole Person and represent this
organization with the city on accessibility issues. It was in this capacity
that I contacted Sergeant Fuller, lead investigator for the August
31 traffic incident where Chip Block was fatally struck down.
This is what Sergeant Fuller told me about this accident, and this officer had
been unaware of Chip's visual impairment prior to speaking with me.
The events were clearly filmed by a Max bus camera. The driver, a woman with
two dogs in her car was proceeding from west to east on 31st with the sun in
her eyes. She was first in line for the left arrow and when she got it, turned
left. The crosswalk was apparently in some amount of shade, and she hit Chip as
he was walking across Main in the crosswalk from east to west traveling along
the north side of the intersection. The film of the incident clearly shows that
Chip did not have the light and was not running.
The intersection at 31st and Main is one where the city has been promising to
install an accessible pedestrian signal since around this time last year.
The Children's Center for Low Vision is right there along with the
Rehabilitation Institute. Consumer groups, orientation and mobility instructors
who train visually impaired people to travel safely and several individuals all
identified 31st and Main as a priority installation. The city has been dragging
its feet, and I recently spoke with the contractor who has the job and says he
has experienced difficulties being paid for his work in a timely fashion. The
most recent deadline for completion on a list of 7 APS installations designated
as priorities and including 31st and Main is currently set for the end of
September. I feel certain that this heartbreaking untimely death could have
most likely been avoided had there been an accessible pedestrian signal at 31st
and Main.
Sheila Styron, Public Policy Coordinator
The Whole Person
3420 Broadway Suite 105
Kansas City, MO 64111
Work: 816.561.0304
Mobile: 816.896.6552
Fax: 816.753.8163
E-mail: sstyron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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