How Blind People Cross The Street Alone
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Tommy Edison shows us how someone who is blind or visually impaired crosses the street alone. This video features a crosswalk in Connecticut that is accessible and a crosswalk in New York City that's not accessible.
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THE TOMMY EDISON EXPERIENCE
Starring Tommy Edison
Produced/Edited by Ben Churchill
Assistant Camera: Francis Sheehan
Closed Captioning by Yahoo! Accessibility:
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#accessibility #blindness #walking
It really made me mad that there was a blind man with a white cane crossing that street and people were just zipping around him in their cars not even caring at that intersection. What is wrong with people??? What does it hurt to just wait that extra few seconds to let the guy cross?
Welcome to New York City. Ain't nobody got time for that, unfortunately.
BlackburnBigdragon apparently it hurts something fierce.
No ones gonna care until they start suspending licenses and impounding cars... I saw this one video of a guy blocking the sidewalk in SF and when questioned but the reporter if he knew that affects people in wheelchairs, the guy just said, I don't give a shit....
I love how everybody always assume bad things on their own without even thinking of other possibilities, how about this, at least one person offered help maybe even more than one, but they were like "Oh thanks but we're recording a video about how a blind person could cross the street on their own" of course it's just a possibility but I like to think there's a higher chance that's what happened.
It’s New York. Same as Chicago. No one stops for anything
That looks scary as fuck. Even sighted people get hit by cars.
really?
I've been hit by a car a few times, people can be such bastards.
in the Netherlands when you see a person with a white stick for blind people or a helper dog you are forced by law to let them.cross first.
It's that way in America too, regardless of blind or not. Pedestrians almost always have the right of way in cross walks and intersections. That said, not everybody follows those guidelines.
Erik R he meant even if there isn't a pedestrian crossing. Either with or without lights.
I personally have not yet encountered it, but know that when a blind/otherwise disabled person indicates he wants to cross the road, I have to stop.
In the Netherlands people are civilized. Most prob do not need the law to show compassion. Manhattan is dangerous to all pedestrians. The bike riders are the #1 criminals.
gkbluestocking not every biker
Honestly, it should be everywhere!
People really fucking make me sick........ how are you gonna beep at a blind man crossing the street the just speed off like that, but I love the fact that he just kept on smiling and keeping a positive attitude WAY TO GO TOMMY 👏👏
what pissed me off was the blue car that went and sped right in front of him like...the fuck??? that is why i help the blind people that live in my city when i see them out walking (there's like 5 or 6 that i know of)
That looks absolutely terrifying. I can't imagine that all the practice in the world truly prepares you for something like that.
Tommy, how do you feel about being offered help crossing the road if there's no tone? I'd feel bad for just leaving someone to judge the sound of oncoming traffic, but then I wouldn't want to sound patronising.
Of course he can, he has software to do it for him.
***** And if he has software that reads it out to him, then he can hear my original comment. What exactly is your point?
He's made another video saying that he's fine with anyone asking if he wants help. So if you saw him about to cross the road and there was no tone, I'm sure he'd be fine with you helping :)
how and why do you think he does his videos? His videos are responses to peoples questions in the comments...
You say very politely, "may I help you cross the street, sir?"
That would scare the hell out of me if I was blind and I had to cross the street without knowing where the cars were. I admire you and many other people that are blind.
How come crosswalk lines aren't slightly raised? I mean so that people who are blind or visually impaired can stay within the white lines and don't get off track.
Sifu Hotman then cars passing over at high speeds might risk damage, unless I am misinterpreting what your idea of "slightly raised" is
ImAwesomeAli It would be more of a speed bump kind of thing and your supposed to tun at no more than 15mph anyways so the car wouldn't get damaged
ImAwesomeAli I was thinking slightly raised just so that a white cane could feel the difference. It wouldn't do any damage to cars, as it would be no higher than say a couple cm. I know in the town where I live, there are bricks as the crosswalk ground, which feel different than the regular pavement.
+Sifu Hotman Imagine roads that have snow tho. They would be scrapping up the raised part :/
+Sifu Hotman then people in wheelchairs would have a hard time crossing the street.
A few years ago they installed clicking noises when the light is green and "wait wait wait" when the light is red and you push the button. Never knew what they were till now :o
You are awesome. I have an 18yr old daughter who is visually impaired, and who is just as curious and afraid too. But nothing holds her back to try things. Thanks for your videos. We love them and love you. Thank you!
I love it I met other blind people on here! I am not alone!
I've always wondered about that when certain crossing have sound that beeps or chirps. Scares the heck out of my friends, but I become curious and try to find where the heck the sound is coming from! XD
He is blind, but He is still Smiling and Happy.. Awesome!
I rememeber the first time I stood next to a talking traffic light (instead of a beeping one), it freaked me out so much. This voice from the sky kept telling me to "Walk! Walk! Walk!"
Did you know that in Japan most of the major cities have 3D patterns on the ground to indicate a side walk, a cross walk, or an intersection? I was there a couple months ago and I tried to keep my eyes closed and walk on the blind paths! It was pretty cool
In japan there are raised crosswalks where the path is patterned with raised bars to direct the blind. Not only cross walks but sometimes sidewalks too. We should do that.
In my little town of Starke Florida there are no audible crossing signals. Drives me crazy (cheapskates lol!) crossing Highway 301 is a nightmare, especially with cars turning.
In downtown Pittsburgh all of the crossings have two tones one low and one high that bleep every second. And a voice that tells you when to go and when its not safe to cross
In the UK 90% of signal operated crossings have a small textured cone beneath the controll box, the blind person holds their hand against this small cone and when it starts to spin, it indicates when they have right of way.
Where I live, in England, every crossing point beeps loudly and also has a small motor on the bottom that turns when you are safe to go.
On top of a tone for crossing (which might also be good for the visually impaired and day dreamers) it might also be nice to put a bit of a texture on the walking area. I imagine that some cities with brick style cross walks help because a blind person with a cane can feel those cracks in the bricks.
Parts of Oshawa (ontario, canada) in downtown have this, but not all cross walks, and not all cross walks have lights, so for a sighted person you just wait until the cars stop and cross. A blind person wouldn't know unless they can hear the car stop and the engine idle while they wait for you to cross.
All traffic lights make noises in Australia
We also have triangles on either side of the road and a bumpy surface on the pavement so it's easier for people with a cane to recognize and stay on the crossing. I'm amazed the big cities don't have that as standard!
yup, here in new zealand we have the tones for all the lights. so when i went to america on holiday, it was a strange experience. i kept on missing my turn because i was looking in some other direction, too used to relying on the sound.
I have propensity to retinal detachment and I have fear that some day go blind. you are my inspiration thanks
god bless you
That is courage man. good job.
Wow, I love your videos, Tommy! Keep up the good work!
In spain we also have tones in all trafic lights! Even in small towns like mine :)
Move to the Uk, all crossing chirp, and there are studs at each side so you can tell where the crossing starts and ends, as well as the road
@boredincan I live just outside of Houston, TX, and all of the crossings in my neighborhood (thankfully!) have audible sounds to indicate crossings. Crossings near schools, churches, or busy roads also have yellow traffic signs a few seconds back from the light saying "Crosswalk Used by the Blind," or something to that effect.
I always forget other areas don't have that sound, though, so while traveling, even I, while messing with my phone or chatting, end up missing my turn to cross!
So there are people helping you to edit & shoot video? Nice man. Keep up the good work.
In my home town (in NZ) all the crossings have a beeping sound and also a box you can touch next to the cross button that pulses along with the beeps and then vibrates when it's time to walk. I'm not sure who it serves (maybe I'm underestimating the both blind and deaf folk) but I like to use it for fun :)
In England most of the crossings have a beeping tone, but they all have a little dial underneath the box where you press the crossing button. The dial turns when it is time to cross so you just need to keep your finger on the dial to know when. Pretty useful
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The town I live in doesn’t have tones or even lights to show when it’s safe for people to cross the road, nor bumps to show when to stop. I’m not blind/visually impaired, but I like to go biking and trying to cross the street is a nightmare even when I can see perfectly fine. Because even when the traffic stops people will turn into the road I’m trying to get across and I end up feeling as if I’M the one holding up traffic by crossing. So I can’t imagine what it would be like for someone who needs these systems to cross properly.
Cross walks, that I've noticed, in California don't all have the beepers. It seems that they only have the speakers when you're in a highly concentrated area, like down town or a main road. Also some cities have them completely and some have none at all. More cross walks are adopting the bumps on the ground though, so maybe the speakers for when to cross will show up as well.
You are really incredible! And brave to cross that street in Manhattan. You raise such an excellent point about why all crosswalks don't have speakers. Rock on!
In the uk there is a thing that spins when it is safe to cross underneath the button
Milford Green!
You were in my home town. :)
There are actually ways to do this, using what's known a Speed Table. Essentially, it's a speed bump with a flat top that's the width of a normal sidewalk placed at the intersection or mid-block. One big advantage for pedestrians of all types is that a raised crosswalk or speed table increases the amount of cars that correctly yield to pedestrians - in once instance, compliance went from 10% to 55%. They're expensive, though: one can easily cost $100,000, or as little as $15,000.
"I can hear your car... you're not in a prius...." LOL! I love it!
this literally had me in tears... HOW HARD IS IT TO HAVE NOISE SIGNALS?!?!
In manchester, england there is a touch signal under each of the buttons that you press to cross. When it is ok to cross, it spins around
In civilised places like Holland or Sweden, they usually (if not always?) have those nice ticking noises signalling that it's ok to cross. Much less annoying than the high-pitched sounds from speakers.
I would gladly help you. I know you don't think it's a big deal and you're nonchalant about it but you're my hero man!
I think every stop sign in the town I live in has a ticking sound. In Amsterdam I think a lot of them do too. At first it rattles really quick then slower to indicate it's about to become red.
Hey that's my town!! Welcome to Milford!
I've not seen it, but I hear the system in Tokyo is crazy impressive, with tones not only for lights but for train station entrances, escalators, info booths...something like that. So I've heard. :-)
This is a great video thanks for getting this message out!
In England as long as it is only one road to cross and there aren't tons of things around it will beep for a while and when it stops you have about 5 seconds before the cars start moving. Like someone else commented there is a little cone shape that spins underneath the box with the button on it. I don't know if you have this in America but if noone presses the button on the box the cars won't stop.
In England there's a spinning knob below the button which starts to spin when its clear to cross
Great video and you are commended for your sense of humor and outlook on life!
Don't try this in any Mexican city. The drivers usually don't respect pedestrian.
Callate el hocico
I'm curious - when it comes to preparing for your response-to-comments videos, do you rely on text-to-speech software to read the comments, or do you have someone else review, categorize, and then tell you the general categories of the comments? (I'd be interested to see how horribly Siri trips over UA-cam's standard spelling quality, so I hope you don't have to rely on that too much...)
Thank you!! I have been too scared to try it myself! Great job!
My mom and one of my best friends are blind. I know what they need and what they want. They need and want, respect. And our love.
You are so inspirational!!! Keep making videos
In Estonia all the places with traffic lights make a noise. Instead of a constant tone it's starts ticking really fast and then it suddenly gets slow like the one you showed.The population of Estonia is 1.3M people and the area is 45000 square km. So it's not that hard to cover the entire country with those things :P
Another interesting and entertaining video, thanks Tommy!
Dang my University has a recorded message like, 1st street WALK SIGN IS ON and constantly repeats until it goes off. These should be placed everywhere.
Where I live many of the crosswalks talk to you. They say wait or when it is ok to cross.
Tommy, are you from CT? I live about an hour north of Milford. I enjoy learning about those making a difference in my small state!
In the UK there is a little nodule that protrudes from the bottom of the button that you would press to stop the traffic that spins around when it's safe to cross.
It would be even more intersting to see how you get to the crosswalk alone. Like how you walk outside and how you know where to go.
I love how he is so positive even when he can only see darkness
As far as i know, in the uk our lights make a beeping noise, and for the deaf the green man flashes when it's going back to red.
In Sweden, there are slow tunes when it's green. And then it goes faster and faster to let you know that it's time to hurry up.
I feel so bad for the dude, I'm so grateful
My college campus is over two blocks so we have to cross a street, there is a tone that indicates a street. But it doesn't change if you're allowed to walk or not and you can only hear it on one side. I've almost been hit, Jesus.
you are hilarious, thank u for giving people more knowledge about those who have a lack of sight
In the UK, we have little spinny things under the button that you press that rotate when it's safe to cross.
Can I ask why you don't have a guide dog?
What a brave man!
I think that the street crossing thing has a nub on the bottom to indicate to a blind person when it's safe to cross. You should check it out.
@loneblindjedi I second what you said. There are a few intersections in my city where the beeping intersections are actually out of sync with the visual traffic light. Better to follow traffic itself than the stupid chirping anyway. Plus there is no consistency with which tone or chirp means green and which means red.
God bless you.
Actually some of the US Currency has one raised number. The 20 for example has a slightly raised and textured 20 in the lower right corner on one side. I believe the 50 and the 100 do also, but the font used is not very good.
Your so brave and your outlook on life is so inspirational. My dad has lost his eyesight due to illness, i'm trying to pick up some tips and try to get an idea to how disabling it can be. May i ask if you were born blind?
Those Mustangs at 1:05! :o
In Britain or at least where I live the traffic lights make this terrible high pitched sound which I always thought of as annoying but now that I know it's used to help blind people, I'm not that annoyed with it anymore.
Given the choice would you choose to have chronic back pain or blindness? Then search for "Perfectly Happy" Boston Globe. I don't know if the article is right or not but it makes you think.
I live in São Paulo in Brazil, and here every traffic light makes absolutely no sound.
:(
most road crossings in Australia play a noise when you can cross
And it sounds a lot less annoying than the one shown hear haha
@rubiksmatt There's a chirping intersection right next to my school...for the deaf...which means the class itself is completely silent (sign language) and we're right near the street so the whole class all I hear is periodic beeping followed by "It is now safe to cross...14...13...12...11..." LOL
I'm a new fan. You are very funny and its very nice that you can laugh about a nervous "adventure" like that when I was biting my nails watching this at the time haha
I find it incredibly admirable that you take this all in with such grace and good humor.
There's some cross roads with no lights but just a look left/right sign - how do you manage those?
I almost got run over last time I was in New York you are a brave man sir!
Where are the tones, exactly? Ihe intersection is like a compass, with one road going North/South, the other East/West. You want to cross the East/West Street, walking North, on the East side. Is the tone at the corner you're on (Southeast)? If so, how do you know that means you can walk North, as opposed to west? Similarly, if the tone is coming from the Northeast corner, how do you know that means it's okay for you to cross, instead of someone on the Northwest corner who needs to go East?
Do people ever approach you and ask if they can help you cross the street? Through this whole video I was overwhelmed with the urge to just say "Sir may I help you cross the street?" And also I wonder... if someone were to ask you if they could help you.... would you let them? I imagine you would have some quick thinking to do regarding whether or not you would trust that person not to take advantage of your vulnerability.
I thought every road in most counties with crossings would have tones / alarms.
That's a really good question.
this man is my idol
I never realised how brave you would have to be because I sure as hell won't try crossing the road with my eyes closed xD
Did your dogs have the same affect as people when walking? How did that work exactly and why did you decide you didn't need them. Thanks!
In The Netherlands every traffic light has a speaker to indicate when you can cross :O
I'm from the UK and I've literally never been to a crossing that doesn't have stuff to help the blind. If I was blind I think I'd use pelican crossings when possible because they have like a kind of quickly repeated beep when it's safe. And also all the pavement by all the types of crossing have bumps in it that you could feel with your cane.
Netherlands has the clickersystem aswell!
The most important thing I need to know is what cherfer posted. Is it ok or insulting for a sighted person to offer help when he notices you are struggling with something ?
Same in Finland.
He's so brave
How did you know which way to cross when you hear the sound?
I'd say just casually ask if they'd like to take your arm. If they decline that's fine, just go on your way, but don't be offended, they might be trying to learn by themselves or totally capable of crossing. Traffic sucks for sighted people, just try to imagine how difficult and frustrating it must be if you can't see the cues we all take for granted.