I'm writing to give my reasons for why I support audible pedestrian safety
signals. First of all I am blind and a pedestrian. The traffic patterns are
changing and becoming more complex. The environment is becoming noisier. I
depend on hearing to cross streets. Having audible traffic signals would enable
me and other individuals to cross streets easier and the environment would
hopefully be safer. We blind folks are equal to sighted folks. There are traffic
signals for people who can see, and since technology exists to make traffic
signals audible, then those of us who are blind need to have them in order to
have a safer environment and function as equals.
Phil Jones
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