Jeffrey Turner

October 22, 2002

I am writing to express my support for pedestrian signals and detectable warnings in our nation's infrastructure. Although it is most certainly impractical to provide signals at every crossing, there are definitely crossings where they are crucially important for the safety of blind and/or deaf/blind independent travelers. If you can think of intersections where you are particularly appreciative of the Walk Signal, you should be able to imagine what it would be like without that signal. Please do not be swayed by a vocal minority of blind people whose false sense of pride compells them to object to these signals for everybody. Just because they don't feel the need for the help doesn't mean it isn't crucial to others.

Cordially,

Jeffrey Turner