They’re too quiet:
For blind people, crossing the street is becoming even more of a challenge.Michael Osborn, a blind marketing consultant from Laguna Beach, Calif., and his guide dog, Hastings, were in the middle of an intersection one morning last April when the yellow Lab stopped short. Mr. Osborn took the cue and halted — just in time to feel the breeze from a car passing right in front of them.
“Half an inch and it would have hit us … it wasn’t making any noise,” says Mr. Osborn, 50, who has been blind for 12 years. Witnesses say the car was a Toyota Prius, a hybrid vehicle.
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Hybrid or not, that car had no business being in an intersection where a pedestrian was. That’s irresponsible driving, no matter what the vehicle.
(Disclaimer: I’m a Prius owner)
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