Andy Virden
 October 25, 2002

     
I am very dissatisfied with the draft rule on ATS's and truncated domes as proposed by the Access Board. These audible traffic signals and detectable domes will be far too expensive for the average city or local government to afford, and I believe very strongly that neither ATS's nor truncated domes are helpful or in any way essential for blind people. I am blind and would find the beeping locators and traffic signals to be disruptive to the sound patterns at most intersections. I need to hear the sounds of the traffic, and these audible signals will block out that sound. I am also a senior citizen and those domes would be very bumpy for me to walk on. I think the domes would be very dangerous in the cold weather of Minnesota where I live.

Please go back to the drawing board and come up with something far more practical than this draft rule. Thank you.

Andy Virden
 

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