Be Careful Using Your Cane - The Blind Life
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- A word of warning about using your cane
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Oh man! I feel bad for that guy and his cane. Glad the driver was held accountable for her inattentiveness.
I’ve had a driver hit me as soon as I got off the bus in my city and was crossing the street to go home. They were turning right, broke my cane in the process, and kept going without stopping.
The second time, this was a near-miss, I was crossing the street and was about halfway through when a left turner, turned right in front of me, missing me and my cane by roughly a foot and a half, scaring the crap out me.
I used to drive a car, so I know there’s absolutely NO excuse from these terrible drivers that would explain their poor judgment. They should have their licenses revoked and cancelled. If they can’t manage something as simple as focusing on what’s going on in front of them, then they need to become a permanent pedestrian.
I was walking through a very theme park years ago and I accidentally bumped a guy with my cane. The guy got so mmad at me that he stomped on the end of my cane and seriously bent it, then ran off. I alerted security and the park refunded my money, and even paid for two new canes! They wanted me to have a backup. To this day, even though I have a guide dog, I always carry a backup cane in my bag. I even have a backup cane stashed in our truck. Not only should we be careful using our canes, but we should always have multiple backups.
That’s great that they not only refunded your money but purchased two new canes for you. Sounds like they went above and beyond what they really needed to, that’s great! Also great tips about having back up canes
A few days after I started to go out on my own I was almost run over by a car that didn’t even slow down, let alone stop, before making a right in front of me. It scared the daylights out of me. Next, I tried to cross a major intersection and discovered that the walk signs don’t work. After making it home by the skin of my teeth I stopped going out on my own for a while. I was hit and bounced off a car as a child in 1971 and the driver kept going. Luckily, I wasn’t hurt, and luckily I was able to identify the car while riding around the neighborhood with the police officer. It’s scary out there.
Great video .. to my understanding their insurance get increased .... 1) Dont forget Pedestrians have the right of way, especially if we are already crossing 2) drivers dont own the road , driving is only a privilege once they prove they can follow the rules
I've actually had people try to bully me with their car, it's not like they weren't paying attention. When they would be turning left and they would be in the middle of the intersection waiting on me to cross, the closer I got to their car they would pump the gas and got closer to me like I wasn't walking fast enough for them! That really annoys me. You also need to watch out for right-hand turners because usually they can go on red. The Bottom line guys is you have to walk defensively anymore. Stay safe.
My son is 16 and had cane training last spring. People can be real idiots. No sooner did my son enter the crosswalk and a car behind a car trying to turn left just started laying on his horn. Scared the crap out of my son and really ticked this mom off. It’s so sad that the world is in such a rush.
Oh my word!
How horrible! I’m glad the gentleman was okay and so happy that woman was prosecuted!
I was hit by a van and broke my arm but unfortunately I never found out who it was as I didn’t see the type of van and unfortunately in the area where I live there are no cameras
Thank you Sam for informing us about the safety of using the cane.Im very glad to hear the owner of the cane is ok.
Hi. I was in grade7 or 8 when our mobility teachers took my classmate and me to a busy street called High Street to test out a new traffic light for them. They wanted to see if the light was beeping long enough for a blind person to cross or not.
So, we got to the crossing where we had to walk across two lanes going to the left and over the island in the middle and again over two lanes going to the right.
When the traffic light started its beeping, my classmate went over first since his totally blind with me a few steps behind him. He got to the other side no problem but, just as I got past the island and into the middle of the two lanes going right, a white car suddenly drove right in front of my cane and just, just mist hitting us both.
My teachers didn’t do anything about the car nope, instead they turned on me and told me that I could have walked faster or waited on the island. As if I knew that the light was about to change again.
They thought that just because I had some sight left, that I’ll react as fast as a partially sighted person. They never believed me when I told them that I’m not on the same level as the partially sighted kids.
Guess it’s what happens if you do things like a sighted and not like a blind person.
People think that when you are classified as blind, you should act like you are blind and helpless as well.
Same happened with my first guide dog and me. We crossed two lanes going left and two going right at the same street but, just over another one crossing on the other side.
The traffic light beeped and we walked with the first car on our right going over the lanes. We were taught to walk with the first car going over. What a bad idea that was.
Just as we got to the middle of the 4lanes, the car crossing with me turned left and the one in front of me which was going right, turned right.
These two cars surely would have hit each other because the next thing I knew, my dog and I were standing in-between the two cars. A bumper against the back of my legs and a bumper against my guide dog’s side.
They didn’t say anything and just drove off once we were safely over the street.
A policeman told me on the other side that we just about prevented a nasty accident. I didn’t think so though because, if those cars were going just a bit faster, both my guide dog and I would have been smashed between them.
before I started using my cane on a daily basis and I would go out by myself I would almost get hit by cars a lot. It is very scary. I am glad that I use my cane now and I usually don't go anywhere without my husband.
When I was going through my O&M training I had a cop stop in the crosswalk and I couldn’t see just where he was at in it so I took off walking and ended running into his car breaking the outside mirror off. He jumps out of his car and says he has a good mind to take me to jail for destroying peblic property. He also asked if I was blind, at which point I held up my cane and said what do think? He picked the mirror and drove away.
Bet he was embarrassed 😂
In my head I imagine him thinking (in Homer Simpson’s voice) Do’oh!🤣🤣🤣
LOL!
My husband had a toolbox at the front of his work waiting for a ride . a cop comes by and asks what is he doing? They thought he was a burglar. his boss pulls up and says" why are you harassing my Piano tuner? Curt is blind. The cop was embarrassed.
That cop needed to be taken down a peg. Hopefully he learned that day.
I’m from Philadelphia, Pa
On February 27,2018 about 1:30 pm. I experienced an unforgettable incident riding Septa. I was trying to board the subway train at Broad and South street. I was trailing the side of the train using my cane, when I found the door I began feeling my way making sure it was safe to proceed. Before I stepped on the train the doors closed locking my new white cane in the doors, I tried to pull it out but the door was closed to tight for me to pull it free. The train left and I was still standing there, I didn’t know how I was going to get home, because I had no cane the train pulled it out of my hand. I stood there helpless on the platform, as I asked a young lady to help to the sales booth for assistance.
I was able to get home thanks to my wife, who left work early to come to my rescue, unfortunately I missed my support group appointment at at University of Penn. I tried to get logistic care services to my doctor appointments, they said being blind doesn’t qualify for door to door service because we can get public transportation. It goes to show not all people who are visually impaired or blind can safely travel on public transportation.
That’s terrifying! I’m sorry for your experience
I had a guy flying out of a car dealership I heard him coming and stopped before I was in his path. He stopped in front of me saw me and said sorry and actually backed up and allowed me to go . At first I had all to do to keep my cool and not call him every name in the book.
Oh my gosh. People are crazy! I dont like to walk in places where I have to cross busy streets. And I can see cars. I dont know if it's because i cant see the faces of the people in the cars or just because i don't trust people. But yeah be extra careful!
Shauna Light & Dark
I don't trust people!!
@@robertlfosheecpa4692 Me too i dont trust people at all!!. Also alot of people take advantage!.
Wonder why she wasn't forced to buy him a new cane!
That’s a good question
I'm asking myself that right now.
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I know two VIPs in the past 18 months who have been hit by a car. One with his guide dog. Both were hit-and-runs. Thank goodness neither was serious hurt (or the dog), but one ankle was broken. It's scary, and I believe if they were fully sighted, there's a very good chance they still would have been hit.
Glad hes ok Sam It is tough when you can't see up the road ! I use my Binock when i have it , But i listen for sure?
I find the people here to be extremely polite when I cross using my cane. It's when I go to the big cities, like Toronto, I get very nervous.
When you get a chance, please let us know what you think, this video definitely is a subject that should be talked about. We are definitely all about orientation and mobility.
I made it to 39 years old before I was hit crossing in front of a stopped car, at a one-way street corner. I wasn't hurt but it did hit my cane before me. He was watching the traffic from the right and I came from the left. I thought he saw me because I waited a few seconds before I started to cross. I got to the middle of his hood and took off. As to your story, I see this all the time in turn lanes and especially if the person has a dog. I guess they think the dog will stop them or pull them out of the way.
I was in a similar situation as you recently. Luckily the guy must have turned to look as he started to drive and stop very suddenly so I wasn’t hit.
Thanks for the reminder guy
Never hurts to have a reminder thanks
On a different subject, but still about canes. I'm a brit living in England and I'm becoming convinced that judging by the attitude of fellow pedestrians, cyclists and drivers towards me, I'm convinced that many people don't understand what the cane represents. Is that common, or are us Brits just bloody ignorant?
Love the channel by the way, given me many ideas and support, keep up the brilliant job you are doing
Well, I hate to say it but that might be a UK thing! At least I don’t see anything like that in the area where I live. It seems like most people have a good idea of what it represents.
I live in Georgia, USA and have experience a lot of the same things… About a 50/50 split as far as knowledge of the general public goes.
Thanks 4 this. I don't use my cane in the street. I just wing it. I figure I'm safer following the sighted folk.
i have almost got ran over.. i was crossing and the guy was turning right.. he thought he would go out and around me. i wracked his car.
we were taught that at the va rehab center in west plam beach the pattern that is.
Man Sam. After looking at the title and the thumbnail. I thought there was something wrong with the canes. As if there was a recall or something. Glad to know he's all right and that there is nothing wrong with the canes.
Totally unrelated but I love your UA-cam name! Paul’s Blind soup for the soul, that’s great!
The Blind Life thanks Sam!
Hi Sam, I actually work at Guide Dogs Of The Desert. I am their new peer support associate. I handle all of our graduates, and current students learning to work with their guide dogs. May I please ask what you do for a job that you speak of during this video?
In 2018, myself along with my parents we’re going out to a Valentine’s Day meal. As we cross the street, I was ahead of them probably 10 or 15 feet. With my vision disorder, I typically listen, use my peripheral‘s. Across the street safely. However, my parents were both struck by a Dodge pick up truck. I am also a volunteer fire fighter, therefore, a gnu this was bad. That day, I lost my mom, and nearly lost my dad. It’s a shame that people simply do not pay attention when driving! Not sure what he was doing, but it was obvious they did not get through the intersection safely because he was not paying attention
So funny thing... My brother in law ran over my husband to be's cane and that's kinds how my family met him.... Lol
Great video Sam!
LOL
I've been properly train through the NM Commission for the blind ten years ago. I've been told by my mobility instructor that your cane supposed to protect you 100% from getting hit.
I frequently travel places with my daughter and grandchildren. She is usually loaded down with baby, purse and diaper bag. I use a cross shoulder purse for one free hand and my cane in the other. So I happily get hand holding duty for my toddler granddaughter. In parking lots I've had too many instances were I've nearly been hit by people backing up. I've learned to put myself between child and car and give them wider clearance, when I determine it may be safe to pass but there is always that one person. It's scary.
Yes I’ve had that happen to me as well, somebody starts backing up as I’m walking behind the car. I’ve actually tapped on the car with the cane to get their attention before! If they get mad about me hitting their car with my cane, oh well, they should have been paying attention!
Wow very bad the driver of the car should of got him a new cane and very amazing video well done and I love listening to your video's as i am blind and a white cane long cane user
I had a situation Jo like that one you were talking about The only difference is I didn’t get hit but my king got broken that when I went to get my first Guide dog
I've been using my cane for just over a year. While I do have some visjon I can't usually see the signals. So at some intersections I will stand there and wait until the surge. The traffic may be indicating that my signal is good, but for how long? Waiting theirigh the cycle until the next surge is sometimes the only safe thing to do.
so the old saying goes watch what you doing and keep your eyes on everybody else
What gets me ,is people who lean on the cane think it is a pole.inside the bus.(presently using a rigid fiberglass one. (NFB, my lightening monsoon cane)One lady actually leaned so much she fell! I go by the traffic. Traffic in Tucson is horrible! I tripped on min due to a rough area I was pushing a shopping cart with groceries over this area that you pretty much have to lift the cart over the asphalt to get over cracks and erratic areas. i snapped it at the bottom. It was a Revolution. I am still looking forward to the No Jab one.yeah. .
I find there is a lot of people who has no ideal what the white cane means
Could you upload a video of how to get the loop at the end of a hook style cane back down the shaft if the elastic slips and zooms up the bottom section? The cord lock has stopped the elastic in my cane going through all the sections to the other end, but, it also stops the loop from being retrievable by threading the elastic through the bottom shaft when the cane has been unfolded and the elastic has been stretched out in the hope that loosens it up.
I have done a video on how to retrieve the elastic band when it’s retracted down into the cane. However, that cane didn’t have the plastic clips on it. You may need to use a coat hanger to thread the elastic cord back through the sections of Cain.
Did anyone watch that show a few years ago, "Growing Up Fisher"? In episode 2, the blind dad hits cars with his cane if they come close to hitting him in the crosswalk.
I saw a few episodes of the show, it was pretty funny!
Something like this happened to me once. I was walking down a sidewalk and was about to cross a driveway. I saw a car sitting there and assumed they saw me and was letting me cross in front of them. But they drove forward as soon as I started to cross and they ran over my cane. Luckily they didn’t hit me, but it was really scary. They didn’t even stop or anything after they ran over my cane and broke it.
Cayla with a C I am glad you were okay. That happened to my son riding his bike. The car hit the peddle and not him. It knocked him into the street. I thank God there was no traffic at that moment.
Someone Somewhere oh no! That’s scary. Glad he was OK
I keep hearing the stories about people having their teams run over and then the people driving away. I think I would be so mad I would throw the broken came at the car as it was driving away!
Good advice
My cane got bent just like that because it got stuck on a crack and I basically ran it over with my own foot. I continue to use it for a week until I was able to get a replacement. Canes are not indestructible LOL
Sir please make a review of sketchware app and how it is used a TalkBack blind it is a Android mini for mobil
Tommy Edison here on UA-cam got his cane snapped by a car once. It’s also not a good idea to put a lot of body weight on it. They definitely can bend and break.
Hi Sam, my ex boyfriend was a visual impaired person and white cane user. And i steen it with my own eyes. Hè wanted to cross the Street and Made that clear to the other street users and every single car who came by didnt stop. We wait and wait but no car let us cross the street.i know people who ran in to someone with a white cane and yell “ are you blind” and that person have to say euhhhh yes. Its really sad that there are people who dont know where the whit cane is for. What it means and how to handle it. It makes me very angry. Everywhere across the street’s they hang posters with advertisement for stupid stupid products, musicals, or upcoming movies. Instead of awareness for so much more important stuff like why people use a white cane. Love sabrina
I was in Walmart one time and a man came around corner and he ran into me and broke my cane. He didn’t stop after I told that he broke my can. My wife looked for him and found him in a car and was speeding. I was alright, just a bruise and scrapes,
I wonder: could you have changed the Red section alone? I ask, because I can imagine that someone starts to get a very close feeling to a cane and simply replacing the cane in total feels off.
Yes you could, as long as the parts were coming from the same type of cane or from canes made by the same company.
I probably should use a cane!! I'm so sorry this happened to someone!! Apparently using the cane isn't foolproof and bad things can still happen.
I knew a friend that he was hit by a car a couple of years ago and he passed away.
My work and I definitely watch your videos, and would like to collaborate with your company, as well as you.
Shoot me an email, it's something we can definitely talk about. Sam@theblindlife.net
This why some visual impaired use a guide dig. Not to say that she would not have hit the dog but the dog is trained in a way that a cane can not provide. But a dog is not for everyone. So you have to be careful and listen to traffic patterns and be careful when using a cane. And yes I am visually impaired also.
I have RP real bad and was In a wal mart when I tripped on a pallet full of empty bins , broke 2 fingers and cracked 2 ribs , knocked the wind out of me and everyone ignored me . Just another day with RP.
Lawsuit!
I’ve been hit by a car and have you have a new cane
Hey Sam, my name is Ryan, and I work for Guide Dogs Of The Desert. I am their new peer support associates, and I was wondering what you do for work, that you mentioned in this video
I'm the assistive technology program coordinator at a nonprofit here in central Kentucky, Bluegrass Council of the Blind, BCBKY.org
@@theblindlife our school definitely has watched a few of your videos, regarding the new Omni sense kingship, two we walk, to the sunu band. Your videos have been helpful for us, and hopefully one day we can talk to you a little further.
Judging by the wear on the cane tip he probably needs some O&M refresher cane skills
Yes, it was pretty worn down! Although, every time I go to a convention or conference I think the same thing, many people out there could stand to freshen up on there oh and M training!
I take my personal safety very serious. I find that motorists take certain liberties when it comes to pedestrians, moreso with visually impaired ones. I won't be half way across the intersection and a car is turning behind me and coming close to me. My personal feeling is that if they are within striking distance of my cane I have every right to protect my person and warn them with a gentle tap from the cane. Now it is probably against the law to protect oneself in situations like that, but what else can we do?
I completely agree with you. I’ve tapped a few cars in my time as well!
the driver was probably texting
I had a student who was a terrific traveler. He had a cane that was taller than he was to show you how fast he was. He came to my house once with a bent cane that a car had hit. I believe the car kept going. If I'd seen the incident, I would have been in my car chasing that guy down to give him a piece of my mind and to make him cough up the price of the cane! Don't people know it's a federal law that you must stop when you see the white cane?
Not only that but I believe that would be considered a hit and run, which is definitely illegal! Shake my head at some people
@@theblindlife Definitely! Thanks for what you're doing. Most of my teaching career has been with students with VI. I was looking for sewing tips for my braille learner and found you. Glad I did! I ordered the needles you talked about for her and some other things.
Poor guy! Glad olive in my little city. I’m about to get a cane....
I live, not olive🤣
A woman I know received her cane training in NYC. When she crosses a street she waves her cane in the air. Is there a reason not to do that assuming you have enough vision not to trip in the street. Sounded pretty smart tome.
Carolyn Wilken Where I am you'd probably fall in a pot hole or over a lump of tarmac if swung cane in air.
Seems like a good idea if you can see where you’re going
I've had many incidents has of close calls and the worst part of crossing a street is when a car stops in the middle of the crosswalk and I just beat that car with my cane and there's nothing else I can do there's no way to avoid it that's the biggest trouble it is liberating using the key and I wouldn't be able to walk a block without it the way my vision is Sam this is a personal thing is is there anyway I can contact you directly I have some things to ask you and you seem like you're out of like Illinois and caseworker I know her grandfather lost his vision due to a bad experience with Lasik eye surgery and he is highly involved with it blind low vision his name his granddaughter's name is Gretchen ty George so I don't know if his last name is that but anyway Sam let me know if there's a way I can contact you personally thank you I love your videos
My email is in the description of every one of my videos. It’s also in the about section of my UA-cam channel.
Good video
😮 that is bad, he won’t be able to walk with it properly because the way it’s bent. I hope you got a new cane. I want to ask you this what name do you have for your cane? Do you name your cane?
Yes, we were able to get him a new cane. My canes name is Moses, because when I walk it parts the sea in front of me!
How “awesome it is using the cane”, how “liberating” it is... I happened to be eating while listening to this. Started laughing and nearly choked on my food. Nothing is awesome or liberating about relying on a stick. Give me my guide dog any day of the week please! Lol
Genevieve SkySpadeNoir It probably depends on the individual lol everyone is different
Different strokes for different folks. I don’t want a dog and never will, but I wouldn’t knock someone else’s decision to use one. Whatever gets the job done.
You have a great user name.
Sam can you share where you got your black cane? Also what is your email address?
You can find my email address in the description of all of my videos. Are used to have a white cane that I put black contact paper on to make it black. I removed the black paper a few years ago so don’t have a black cane anymore. I decided it wasn’t very safe One of the purposes of the white cane is to be reflective at night and having black paper on it made at non-reflective.
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I broke my cane cause someone stepped on it. They stepped on it at the joint which snapped it.
And the driver didn’t face any consequences?
Don’t try to put ANY blame on the victim in this situation. You implied that she was too slow crossing. I’m nearly every jurisdiction in the USA the person in the crosswalk, while in the crosswalk timely and legally, has the right to cross regardless of the mobility speed. I too was in a nearly identical situation, my cane actually broke, except mine was a hit and run. Everybody is in a big damn hurry. I was 12ft from the curb. The way you describe it, the whole situation could have been avoided if she moved faster.
I think perhaps you misunderstood me. Firstly, the blind individual crossing the street was a guy, not a girl. The driver of the car was a girl.
@@theblindlife I’m blind, so it’s all the same to me.
An elderly friend of mine who was hearing impaired was taking her morning stroll and was waylaid by a blind person using a cane going very fast down the sidewalk just as she turned the corner to go the direction he was coming from. She tripped over this guys cane and almost fell rigt on her face. She isn't the steadiest of people on her feet either so it was practically a miracle she didn't end up breaking a leg. Luckily she just barely kept herself from falling. What really upset me is this guy KNEW someone had tripped over his cane and just kept barreling on and never asked her if she was ok.
This is not the first time ive witnessed this kind of behavior. I find extremely irresponsible to not take into consideration the effect u might have on another person's life when people using such a cane do not take precautions to ensure others can get by them. Also I am aware a person who is blind and has been trained to use such a cane can tell a good deal by the way the sound of their cane makes when tapping in the sidewalk makes, such as whether they are coming close to an open area like when the end of a block or a corner where another sidewalk is intersecting. He could have easily taken the care to slow down at the corner and listen to see if anyone was coming in his direction before crossing the street.
Also ive seen Blind people wave their cane back and forth across the entire width of the sidewalk when there more than wide enough to accommodate a number of people walking either the same direction adjacent to them or coming from the other direction without being at all close. However for some reason some individuals using their cane feel entitiled to monopolize the entire sidewalk, blocking the entire width of the sidewalk this way.
Its understandable that if ur blind a cane like this is immensity useful and /or necessary. However, showing others the same kind of consideration u would like for yourself is something to definitely keep in mind, Mu friend could have ended up with a broken hip and would have been unable to walk, perhaps permanenttly if she hadnt by some miracle been able to keep herself from falling. Truly i believe all people are deserving of equal treatment. but this kind of behavior is inexcusable.