[nfb-talk] A Vehicle That Would Drive It Self

Thu Nov 1 15:48:22 CDT 2007

oh ok i thank you very much for explainign to me.
your friend,
mary.

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From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 8:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] A Vehicle That Would Drive It Self

You go to http://www.nfbnet.org and choose the first link, then your lists
from there.  There is an option to put mail on hold that you check.

Dave

At 10:32 PM 10/28/2007, you wrote:
>hello i hope everyone is well.  i was wondering if i had ever needed to 
>go no mail on some of the nfb lists that i am on how would i do that?  
>if someone can let me know i would greatly appreciate it thank you very
much.
>your friend,
>mary.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>On Behalf Of Hope Hein
>Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 8:24 PM
>To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] A Vehicle That Would Drive It Self
>
>Agreed!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>.From: "Sherri"<flmom2006 at gmail.com>
>.Sent: 10/28/07 7:11:50 PM
>.To: "NFB Talk Mailing List"<nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>.Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] A Vehicle That Would Drive It Self .
>.Way to go for submiting the article. I too believe the car will be 
>developed .by outside sources, but we should still have a say in it. As 
>I said on .another list, the ability to get easily and cost effectively 
>from point A to .B would simplify so many things in our lives.
>.
>.Sherri
>.----- Original Message -----
>.From: "Michael Bullis" <mabullis at hotmail.com>
>.To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>.Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 2:38 PM
>.Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] A Vehicle That Would Drive It Self .
>.
>.Great Story Peter.  My reason for submitting the article to the list 
>is that .I believe that a car which will drive itself will be 
>developed.  My reason .for not believing that NFB should invest in the 
>project is that there are .others with far more resources than us already
working on it.
>Our job will .be to make the software accessible probably, but, I'm 
>sure the self-driving .car will be along.  Forty thousand people die 
>annually in this country alone .from automobile accidents.  Preventing 
>these deaths and the tens of .thousands of injuries that result from 
>traffic accidents is a priority for .far more than just people who are
blind.
>.Keep your dream alive.
>.Mike
>.-----Original Message-----
>.From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>On .Behalf Of Hope Hein
>.Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 2:24 PM
>.To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>.Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] A Vehicle That Would Drive It Self .
>.Wow!
>.
>.-----Original Message-----
>.From: "Peter Donahue"<pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
>.Sent: 10/28/07 2:09:53 PM
>.To: "NFB Talk Mailing List"<nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>.Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] A Vehicle That Would Drive It Self .
>.
>.Good afternoon everyone,
>.
>.    I feel I must jump in here as well. When I was growing up in the late
>.1960s I observed those around me and what happened tothe vast 
>majorrity of .children when they became adults. Many of them eventually 
>learned how to .drive so they could travel independently and without 
>the need to depend on .public transportation.
>.
>.     During that time I was a student at an outfit called the Boston
Center
>.for Blind Children. This, "School for the Blind" was in no way 
>connected .with Perkins and was located in Jamaica Plane; a section of 
>Boston. Since I .was coming in to my teens like other teen agers I 
>wanted a car, and to .learn .how to drive it. But of course how could a
blind person drive a car.
>.I .remember expressing this to many center staff members most of which 
>told .me .that there's no way that would happen, an that it was 
>necessary to see .to .drive a car. You can get a very good impression 
>of the attitude towards .the .blind children who attended this 
>institution was like if I told you .that .there were no blind employees 
>working there, and that those who .persisted in .believing that the 
>seemingly undoable for a blind person might .one day .become possible 
>the penalties for holding such firm beliefs could .be quite .severe!
>.
>.    We had one child care worker there named Lucy Pinarde. She was a very
>.soft-spoken, suite individual who did her best to treat her charges 
>well .despite the hell going on around her.  As was my routine I shared 
>my desire .to one day own a car and be able to drive it myself just as 
>my parents and .others did. One day she took me in her arms, and whispered
in my ear:
>.
>."Every day scientists and inventors discover new ways to make life 
>better .for people in this World. Things that are not possible now will 
>be possible .in the future. It's great that you want to learn to drive, 
>and can imagine .that one day a car that a blind person can drive will 
>be created. Never let .that dream die. The future holds promise for ideas
like yours."
>.
>.    She made similar statements to me on other occasions being sure she
>.made
>.them out of ear-shot of other BCBC Staff.
>.
>.    Fast-forward to the year 2000! There I was in a crowded convention
hall
>.in Atlanta Georgia listening to the plans to construct the NFB 
>Jernigan .Institute and the research projects the institute would 
>undertake. One of .these would be the development of a car a blind 
>person could operate .independently!Listenining to Dr. Maurer and 
>others caused me to recall Miss .Pinarde's words to me during my time 
>at the BCBC. We are now in a time when .technology exists to create 
>such a vehicle. This is what drove Mary and I .to .contribute to the 
>Imagination Fund in the hopes that conditions will be .more .conducive 
>to our being able to develop sources of funding for such a .project .in 
>the years ahead. I told Mary how neat it would be, assuming a .vehicle 
>.drivable by a blind person is developed in the immediate future, .and 
>.assuming Miss Pinnard is still alive and we learn of each others 
>.whereabouts .it would be cool to drive up to her residence in the 
>vehicle, .and say, "We .did it! Blind people now have the opportunity 
>to own their own .motor vehicle .and can operate it independently. Want 
>to go for a spin?"This .will happen if .others like myself keep the 
>dream of owning and being able .to drive their .own automoble is kept alive
and such a project can .eventually have resources .dedicated to it.
>.
>.Peter Donahue
>.
>.
>.
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