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Drivers lesson for considering those that are blindI saw a lady with a guide dog pass my office window. Before she had managed to disappear from view she stopped. After a minute or so I watched as she signalled her dog to walk forward, t... I saw a lady with a guide dog pass my office window. Before she had managed to disappear from view she stopped. After a minute or so I watched as she signalled her dog to walk forward, the dog however remained sitting and refused to budge. This continued for another minute or so until. I was so puzzled by it that I went out to see what was happening. Sure enough the woman was still standing and trying in vain to get the dog to move forward. I approached and asked what the problem was. She explained that a car a few yards ahead had its tyres on the kerb and its motor running. In a situation like this the dog is trained not to proceed but will wait for the car to either move on or have its engine turned off. As I looked at the car I was able to tell the blind lady that in fact there was no one in it (the driver had mounted the kerb, left the engine running and popped into a shop for something, I waited another 2 or 3 minutes until the driver (I wont say whether a man or woman driver) returned and hopped into the car totally oblivious to the inconvenience she had caused. I pointed out what had happened to the driver who seemed a little embarrassed and shot off in the car. Only a week or so later I saw the same thing only this time I had the answer. Some yards from my office is a dirt track crossed by a footpath? Once again the same blind lady and her dog were on one side of the path I was able to explain to the van driver what was happening and he immediately switched the engine off and the dog got up and crossed the dirt track. A lesson to us all. Jacqui Entered by kind permission of Robin Article Tags: Dirt Track Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com
ABOUT THE AUTHORJacqui is an ex health care worker of some 20 years, now a disability awareness trainer.
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