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From: Al.Hoffman@p0.f143.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Al Hoffman)
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Subject: Re: subway safety
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Date: 21 Sep 90 15:12:38 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Peter:
     Friday, the 14th I think, Amanda Lee, an employee here at IRS, did 
just what you were talking about--she fell inbetween the cars.  Luckily 
she didn't get "you know what,".  But, seems at least a plastic barrier 
coulde be put between the cars to prevent the person from thinking thats 
the door--it would only have to reflect sound mostly, and not blow 
off--doesn't sound too difficult to me.
     About the falling off the platform thing, well, that one seems more 
tricky, and we blind people do have to be careful--but you know some of 
the those stops are really loud, like sometimes at national airport the 
plane noise is more than the train noise, and ... well you could fall in 
if not paying enough attention.

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