The news media likes to sensationalize everything.  The point is not that a blind person was able to drive a car.  The point is that some site , no matter how little, could be restored.

Harvey Boots

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From: Daniel Burton <[log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: TOTALLY BLIND MAN DRIVES CAR USING A NEW ELECTRONIC"ARTIFICIAL
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 08:35:28 -0400

I myself have driven cars on numerous occasions, being totally blind. Of
course, I was with a sighted friend and drove on a two lane back road. At
08:14 AM 6/7/2002, Tom Fowle wrote:

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>Recognizing how bad most news paper articles are at actually
>representing what was said, most serious researchers I know
>consider this dobelle to be a crackpot.

>As a total bat from birth, I have driven a car on private land
>too, they didn't say if he did more  than start and stop.

>Walking in traffic is bad enough without some blind guy's
>computer crashing just as he's not seeing me.

>In other words, don't start saving up your money, and don't stop
>finding ways to have a life just cause you think you're  gonna get an
>implanted seeing machine.

>Cynical and probably correct
>Personal opinion only, not reflecting opinions of any other
>person or institution!

>tom Fowle


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