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<P>***Please forward***<BR>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. <BR><BR>---<BR><BR>Open Letter to Guide Dog
Users<BR><BR>Hello,<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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!<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Debbie Stein<BR><BR>Committee on Automobile and
Pedestrian Safety<BR><BR>National Federation of the Blind<BR><BR><A
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