Tag: Audible crossing information

De Lima wants “audible crossing information” in traffic lights to aid blind pedestrians in crossing streets

(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima wants “audible crossing information” placed on roads for blind pedestrians crossing the streets. In filing Senate Bill  No. 623, De Lima noted that people  who are blind or visually impaired cannot rely on traffic lights at every intersection. “Without sufficient visual information, they merely depend on the sound or sense of traffic to identify a time when traffic has stopped and crossing the street is possible,” she said. She said […]