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{Audible crossing signals need to speak louder }
When a woman who can’t see needs help to cross an intersection with audible signals for the visually impaired, the volume needs to be pumped up.One of the best advances in traffic safety is the audible signal, which allows the visually impaired to locate the button to trigger a change of lights, and then hear when it’s safe to step into the street.The signals emit a constant boop-boop sound that directs non-sighted people to them, where they can push the crossing button and wait for the chirping noise that’s the go-ahead to cross.The chirping sound is activated only when the button is pushed and held for at least three seconds,[url=http://www.michael-good.ca]Michael Kors Outlet[/url], a feature largely unknown to those of us who can see.But if the boops and chirps are too faint to be heard, the special signals are useless to people with impaired vision.Mary Lorefice emailed to say the audible signals at all four corners of the intersection at Ellesmere and McCowan Rds. aren’t loud enough for her to hear them.“It’s a badly designed corner, especially for a white cane user like me,” said Lorefice, adding she reported it to 311 and was given a reference number, but nothing was done to fix it.“Only with the assistance of a teenaged girl was I able to cross the intersection to locate the Shoppers Drug Mart on the northeast corner.”We went there and had to lean down close to the poles on which the signals are located to hear the chirping sound.The northeast corner was the worst, where the sound competed with the din of traffic and TTC diesel buses stopped and idling at the intersection while waiting for the light to change.STATUS: Steve Johnston, who deals with media for transportation services,[url=http://www.michael-good.ca]Michael Kors Purses[/url], is trying to track down someone who can turn up the volume.What's broken in your neighbourhood? Wherever you are in Greater Toronto,[url=http://www.michael-good.ca]Michael Kors Purses[/url], we want to know. To contact us,[url=http://www.michael-good.ca]Michael Kors Outlet[/url], go to thestar.com/thefixer or call us at 416-869-4823. To read our blog, go to thestar.blogs.com/thefixer . Follow us on Twitter @TOStarFixer.
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