Assertion: pedestrian | /r/HasProperty | blind
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Source sentences:
text: Pedestrians who use guide dogs or white canes are either blind or seriously visually impaired; they cannot see vehicles, look a driver in the eye or notice a silent hybrid or electric car
text: First, pedestrians who are blind must determine when they reach a street.
text: Next, pedestrians who are blind obtain critical information about intersection geometry, including the location of the crosswalk, the direction of the opposite corner, the number of intersecting streets, the width of the street to be crossed, and whether there are any islands or medians in the crosswalk.
text: After determining the geometry of the intersection, aligning to face towards the destination curb, determining that the intersection is signalized, and having pushed a button (where necessary), pedestrians who are blind must recognize the onset of the walk interval.
text: In the most common technique utilized for crossing at signalized intersections, pedestrians who are blind begin to cross the street when there is a surge of through traffic on the closest side of the street parallel to their direction of travel.
text: Once pedestrians who are blind have begun to cross the street, they must maintain a heading toward the opposite corner.
text: Turning traffic can make it difficult to establish a correct initial heading, and in the absence of traffic on the parallel street, pedestrians who are blind may veer toward or away from the intersection.
text: At a location with little vehicular traffic, even if pedestrians who are blind know there is a pushbutton and use it, they may not be able to detect the onset of the walk interval if there is no through traffic on the street parallel to their crossing.
text: If features such as WALK indication, locator tone, or signal interaction fail to work correctly, the resulting lack of information or misinformation for pedestrians who are blind can be dangerous.
text: The new guidelines will likely address issues such as access at street crossings for pedestrians who are blind or have low vision, wheelchair access to on-street parking, and constraints posed by space limitations, roadway design practices, slope, and terrain.
text: Detectable warnings are intended to function much like stop signs for pedestrians who are blind or have low vision.
text: Nevertheless, pedestrians who are blind are not exempt from a finding of negligence if they walk into the street without first exercising due care to ascertain traffic conditions.
text: In the case of the pedestrian who is blind and unable to look for on-coming traffic, he would need to make enhanced use of other senses such as hearing in order to ensure that he was safely crossing the street.
text: The City also uses accessible signals to assist pedestrians who are blind or visually impaired.