Module B1 - Slide 25

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And finally, while crossing, a pedestrian who is visually impaired or blind is constantly thinking and asking “Am I headed straight toward my destination curb?” They’re using auditory cues from traffic traveling on the street beside them, hopefully parallel to their path as well as waiting traffic on the perpendicular street. If there are visual crosswalk lines, a person with low vision will be attempting to follow the line across the street. Where an APS is installed, with a pushbutton locator tone, it may provide some assistance as they near the last lane of their crossing in its typical operation. There are some systems that may provide “audible beaconing” that may help throughout their crossing.