Robert G. Lee

October 22, 2002

ON OCTOBER 8TH. A MEETING TOOK PLACE ABOUT PUBLIC SIDEWALKS AND AUTOABLE TRAFFIC SINGLE. MY WIFE AND I BOTH HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY, MY WIFE IS IN A WHEELCHAIR AND HAS A HEARING PROBLEM I USE A 3 WHEEL SCOTER, AND WALK WITH A CANADIAN CANE. I HAVE THE USE OF ONE HAND AND THE OTHER THREE HAVE LIMITED USE. I ALSO HAVE A VSION PROBLEM DO TO CEREBRAL PALSY.

IF THE SIDEWALK IS NOT A DIFFERENT TEXTER AT THE TIME I COME TO THE CURB CUT I MAY RUN OFF THE CURB AND TIP OVER, I HAVE TIP OVER. IN MY 3 WHEEL SCOTER.

TRAFFIC SUNGLES, NO ONE WOULD WANT TO BACK TO ALL 4 WAY STOPS,
YES IT COST FOR ANYTHING TO BE INPROVED. I CHECKED WHAT IT COST 4 WAY TRAFFIC SINGLE TOTELL YOU IF THE WALK SING IS ON TO CROSS A STREET. IT COST $25.000. 00 FOR (10) TEN 4 WAR INTERSECTIONS IN LAS VEGAS, THE WALK SIGN IS ON 4 TO 7 SECONDS TO CROSS AND THE REST BLINKING LAS VEGAS IS A SMALL NEW YOUK. MOST OF OUR STREETS ARE 8 CARS TO CROSS IN FRONT OF. WE URGE ALL TRAFFIC SINGLE TO BE ON 7 AND HALF SECONDS FOR EACH CAR YOU CROSS IN FRONT OF. THIS MEENS 8 CARS 60 SECONDS TOTAL TIME, 6 CARS 45 CECONDS TOTAL TOME, 4 CARS 30 SECONDS TOTAL TIME. 2 CARS 15 SECONDS TOTAL TIME. MY WIFE WILL NOT GO ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE THESE SINGLE ARE NOT ON LONG ENOTH.

NO ONE AT THE OCTOBER 8TH. METTING TALK THE TIME LIMIT ON THE AUTOABLE SINGLES BUT. I,M A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL FEDWEATION OF THE BLIND, AND HAVE BEEN FOR 30 YEARS. SENCE 1972 AND PROUDE TO BE A FEDERATIONEST. I,M THE STATE VICE PRESIDENT THE LAS VEGAS CHAPTER PRESIDENT. AT THE NATION CONVENTIO IT VOTED DOWN 39 TO 13 BY ROLL CALL VOTE ABOUT 50/50 VOICE VITE.NEVADA WAS ONE OF THE 13 STATS THAT FOR THE AUTOABLE TRAFFIC SINGLES.


ROBERT G. LEE