Darrell Smeltzer

October 16, 2002

It is unnecessary to adopt the proposed regulations mandating audible and tactile warnings for every intersection controlled by a traffic light. Doing this is too costly with limited public dollars.

These devices are also misleading and may pose more hazard for blind and visually impaired pedestrians. They will give a false sense of security to the traveler and may hinder their hearing of vehicular traffic while using the information from these signals.

Please reject regulations.

Sincerely,

Darrell Smeltzer