My guide dog and I were hit a couple of years ago by some goof making 
a right on red and not looking right.  We absolutely were in the 
right (three witnesses agreed) but he wasn't looking toward us but at 
traffic.  Saw his break and moved.  We were three or four steps off 
the curbh, right in front of his car.  I wound up on my right side 
and the dog was under the front of the car with me.  I think I banged 
on the grill and yelled some ever so inappropriate words and thank 
God he stopped and backed up.  I had a fractured tibia and some 
damage to my left knee and the dog was fine.  Very frightening 
experience.  Still work the dog and we are fine, but there is a 
certain joy in travel which has vanished!  Everyone be careful out there.
Pat, K9JAUAt 01:18 PM 10/1/2014, you wrote:
>Good job, Howard.
>
>I feel somewhat less confident traveling as I get older.
>
>Last week, I was crossing an intersection that I hadn't crossed in several
>years; because I don't normally go to that part of town.  I had stopped cars
>to my left, and I knew they had installed some new light there.  When it
>sounded like all four lanes of the parallel street were going, I started
>across.  I stopped in front of the second car though as there was a ton of
>traffic turning in front of me.
>
>A few days later, I was at that intersection again and there was some guy
>who was sighted there as well.  For one cycle, we didn't get the walk sign,
>it was really weird.  The frustrating thing is there is a button that you
>push and it gives a short confirmation beep, but the traffic signal itself
>is not audible.  There are a few audible signals around, but I think there
>should be some standards set that require them at intersections with complex
>patterns or those where there is very little traffic on the other street.
>
>I know that with people having other distractions, it is a lot more
>dangerous than it used to be.  Several years ago, I was crossing a street
>and a guy turned right into my path and just missed me; there were a few
>people at the bus stop who yelled.  One of them told me the guy was busy
>with his cell phone and didn't see me when he just turned.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Howard Kaufman
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 4:48 PM
>Subject: success
>
>
>I took the bus down town, made 5 street crossings and am home safe.
>BP was 124/86.  Thought about Bill, didn't want to be distracted by carrying
>the HT.
>
>H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
>Adaptive Technology Instructor
>
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