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- Title
Street Crossings: Analyzing Risks, Developing Strategies, and Making Decisions.
- Authors
Sauerburger, Dona
- Abstract
This article presents an approach to teaching street crossing to students who are visually impaired. Years ago, street crossing was a straightforward task for travelers with visual impairments, that is, those who are blind or have low vision. The intersections were predictable, and there were standard, highly successful procedures using reliable vehicular sounds for crossing them safely. Presently, the task of crossing streets is complex. Intersections and traffic signals are unpredictable, right-turn-on-red and other features require adaptations to the standard street-crossing procedure, cars are quieter, and vehicular sounds are no longer reliably present. In situations in which the visually impaired person can see or hear the approaching traffic well enough to know that there is a gap that is long enough to cross, the risks are negligible when he or she crosses during those gaps.
- Subjects
TRAFFIC safety; STUDENTS with disabilities; PEDESTRIAN crosswalks; BLIND travelers; MOBILITY of blind people; PEOPLE with visual disabilities; TRAFFIC signs &; signals
- Publication
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2005, Vol 99, Issue 10, p659
- ISSN
0145-482X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0145482x0509901009