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From: barbour@boulder.colorado.edu (Jim Barbour)
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Subject: Re: SUBWAY SAFETY
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Date: 24 Oct 90 02:21:30 GMT
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The REAL problem with audible traffic signals is that they are not
really needed.  Any blind person can learn to cross a street at an
intersection without an audible traffic signal.  Once they've
learned, they'll be able to cross ANY intersection, not just ones
with the obnoxious signals.

On top of which, once you know how to cross streets without
signals, the noise becomes a real distraction for blind people who
are trying to listen to traffic.

Jim Barbour