[Cagdu] FW: Quiet Cars: Request for Assistance

Thu Oct 9 18:10:11 PDT 2008

Subject: [K9Scoop] Quiet Cars: Request for Assistance

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FYI. Pasted below is a letter from Debbie Stein, chair of NFB's Quiet Car
committee. She is conducting a survey of both sighted and blind people who
have experienced accidents or near accidents involving vehicles they could
not hear. Her contact info is at the bottom of this message. Please help if
you can. 

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Open Letter to Guide Dog Users

Hello,

As you probably know, many people in both the blind and sighted communities
are increasingly concerned about the hazard posed by silently-operating
hybrid and electric vehicles, as well as very quiet cars with standard
combustion engines. Because it is extremely difficult to hear these vehicles
under normal traffic conditions, cyclists and pedestrians are often
dangerously unaware of their presence and movements. I chair the Committee
on Automobile and Pedestrian Safety (CAPS--also known as the Quiet Cars
Committee) of the National Federation of the Blind. We are gathering
information from people who have had accidents or near accidents involving
vehicles they could not hear.

If as a pedestrian or cyclist you have been in an accident involving a quiet
car, or if you have had a frightening close call, please contact me. I am
conducting a short survey with people who have had quiet-car incidents, and
I would like very much to collect information about what happened to you.
The survey questions take ten to fifteen minutes.

The information you share will help us build a stronger case for the need
for a solution to the quiet-car problem. Thank you in advance for your help!

Sincerely,

Debbie Stein

Committee on Automobile and Pedestrian Safety

National Federation of the Blind

HYPERLINK "mailto:dkent5817%40worldnet.att.net"dkent5817 at worldnet.-att.net

773-631-1093

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