[real-eyes] Re: Fw: Please post to real-eyes
- From: Paul Mimms <paul8655@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:43:19 -0500
Another aspect of O&M is that the travel environment has changed
drastically over time. It used to be enough to overcome the
distraction/masking sound of traffic noise, sirens, horns and loud
engines of all types. Now we have to deal with sub-woofers at one
extreme and electric cars at the other. there is and will be
predictable failure to come up with new skills to counteract the
distraction of a sub-woofer or to help one hear better when encountering
a silent vehicle.
the short point is that in some ways technology has further disabled the
blind traveler, and I believe it is a viable consideration to explore
technology as a means of narrowing the gap between can and can't when it
comes to this skill area. The technology is not needed to replace O&M
skills, but is rather needed to enhance the ability and safety of the
blind traveler. If we decide it is what we need, rather than what we
want, then the task of advocacy belongs to us, the blind traveler with
the help of our supporters.
On 9/6/2011 7:35 AM, Kimberly A. Morrow, PhD wrote:
> 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.
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> Kimberly A. Morrow, PhD
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Mitchell D. Lynn
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 10:57 AM
> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: Please post to real-eyes
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> I was thinking more about the need for electronics at that crosswalk.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of bill stephan
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 9:24 AM
> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Sheila Styron
> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: Please post to real-eyes
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> 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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> -original message-
> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: Please post to real-eyes
> From: "Mitchell D. Lynn"<mlynn@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 09/01/2011 17:54
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> Is anyone sending this along to the news outlets?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Reginald George
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 1:55 PM
> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; nut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [real-eyes] Fw: Please post to real-eyes
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> 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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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sheila Styron
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Sheila Styron, Public Policy Coordinator
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> The Whole Person
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> 3420 Broadway Suite 105
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> Kansas City, MO 64111
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