Blind roads in cities are very busy. Blind people： There are too many ＂traps＂ on blind roads, which are unsafe.

The blind road in the city is very busy. The blind man tells us that there are too many "traps" on the blind road, which is unsafe.

Dahe News (Reporter Li Shuai) Core Tip | "My eyes are intact, but why can’t I see them." In an interview the other day, a Zhengzhou citizen asked our reporter a question: Why did they walk to and from work for three years, but they didn’t see a blind friend? Where did they all go?

According to the data released by the World Health Organization in 2010, there are 8.248 million blind people and 67.274 million people with low vision in China. There are many blind people, but why do we seldom see them in our daily life?

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Why can’t I see a blind man after walking the blind road for three years?

At 7 o’clock on the morning of December 19, on Dongming Road in Zhengzhou City, 25-year-old Xiao Zhou just walked to the sidewalk on the side of the road, so he couldn’t help but take out his mobile phone from his pocket and slowly turned to the blind road. Along the way, except crossing the intersection, he hardly looked up; Even when waiting for the traffic lights, he looked down at his mobile phone from time to time. On the way, he almost ran into an electric car parked on the blind road twice, which made the reporters who followed him feel a cold sweat. Afterwards, when he found the reporter following, he also argued that he was experiencing the feeling of blind people traveling.

Xiao Zhou is a chef. Every day when he goes to work, he walks from the rented house to the hotel where he works, with a distance of more than 2,000 meters. On this section of the road, most of the time he will watch his mobile phone while walking in the blind road, and observe the road conditions on the blind road with the corner of his eyes. In his words, the blind road can guide his walking route, and his feet have been "exercised" very sharply. The straight line under his feet is straight, and when he meets a raised dot, he turns.

In addition, he also observes whether there are blind people on the blind road from time to time, but he has never seen a blind person on his way to and from work for three years.

"I am also puzzled. On the sidewalk, I may not notice the blind people around me, but why have I been walking on the blind road and never seen the blind people?" Xiao Zhou said that he is now used to walking on the blind road and observing whether there are blind people on the blind road. "I also want to help the blind friends I met, but why can’t I see them with my intact eyes. Did I go out at the wrong time? Or blind friends don’t go out? "

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It’s not that they don’t want to go out, but they are afraid to go out.

At 11 o’clock on the morning of December 20, the reporter met several blind friends in the blind massage service center of Sunshine House, Zhengzhou University Road. At this time, some of them are doing massage for the citizens, while others are cooking in the kitchen. Chen Qiang, 52, is one of the blind masseurs in this massage shop. When he was two years old, his cornea was burned by a high fever, and the medical conditions at that time limited him, so that he was blind since he was two years old. Now, the blind stick in his hand is his eyes when he goes out.

Why do you seldom see blind people in your daily life? When the reporter asked Chen Qiang about this question, Chen Qiang said with a sigh that it was not that they didn’t want to go out, but that they were afraid to go out. Although there are blind roads on the road for blind people to travel, there are too many "traps" on the blind road, which is unsafe. Before, when he was in Kaifeng, his hometown, he almost fell into a manhole without a manhole cover on the blind road. "At that time, one of my feet was already empty and I was about to fall in. Fortunately, a good-hearted person grabbed me in time."

Hearing this, another blind masseur next to me, Jin Guoquan, couldn’t help but say, "Last year, I broke my bone on the blind road in huanghe road, Zhengzhou, and I lost two thousand yuan after a year of litigation. Now I basically don’t dare to go out."

Not only Jin Guoquan was injured in the blind road, but even Zhao Wanfu, a blind masseur who was cooking, suffered losses in the blind road. According to Zhao Wanfu, half a month ago, when he went out to buy steamed buns, he was hung around his neck by a cable pole on the blind road. Although it was not very serious, his neck was burning for several days. "We also want to go out and go to the small park to bask in the sun, but there are too many unsafe factors on the road, so we can stay indoors."

In addition, Chen Qiang also told reporters that once, when he went out to buy things, he knocked and walked with a blind cane, and he accidentally knocked on a car on the blind road. The owner began to swear after getting off the bus. If other citizens had not stood up for him, he really didn’t know what to do at that time. Although it has been a long time since this incident, and he himself said that he can’t remember how ugly the words were at that time, it made him sad for a long time, and he was very grateful to the citizen who helped him speak.

In this regard, Tian Chao, vice chairman of China Blind Association and chairman of Henan Blind Association, said that according to their latest blind census, there are currently 76,400 blind people in Zhengzhou. Inconvenient travel and transportation are the reasons why many blind friends are reluctant to go out.

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Line poles, isolation piles … There are many "traps" in street blind roads.

On the streets of Zhengzhou, there are blind roads on the sidewalks of almost every road, but these blind roads are either blocked by motor vehicles and non-motor vehicles, or occupied by telephone poles and isolation piles, or seriously worn, or even "broken" roads. During the interview, many blind friends interviewed said that there are too many "traps" on the blind road, so it is better not to leave.

During the visit, the reporter also saw many chaos on the blind road on the streets of Zhengzhou. For example, in the sections of Kangfuqian Street and Zhengqi Street in Zhengzhou City, telephone poles are directly erected on the blind road; On the South Yellow River Road, there are isolation piles directly on the blind road; On many roads such as Dongming Road and Hongzhuan Road, blind roads are cut off and blocked by motor vehicles and non-motor vehicles; Even the street merchants in some sections regard the blind road as an isolation line, and put dirty trash cans on the side of the blind road …

Imagine what would happen if we lost the light and walked on such a blind road? If you stand on a busy street, or stand at a bus stop and wait for a bus, close your eyes and experience the feeling of blindness, you will find that it seems that the whole world has become extremely unsafe, surrounded by noisy voices and unknown uneasiness. Even before you close your eyes, you already know that the road ahead is very flat, or you know how to get on the bus, but you will still be timid and afraid to move forward.

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I hope the blind road can really play its role and add more voice reminders.

During the interview, blind friends all expressed the hope that the blind road can really play a role, and that there will be fewer "traps" on the blind road and the design will be more reasonable. Especially at some small intersections where blind roads are broken, some voice reminders can be added so that blind people can pass safely. Among them, Master Zhang, a blind friend interviewed, asked whether it is possible to set up blind roads on the zebra crossing at the intersection so that the blind roads on both sides of the intersection can be connected together, so that the blind can continue to walk on the blind road after passing the intersection.

In addition, Chen Qiang, a blind friend interviewed, also asked whether it is possible to set up a voice reminder at the intersection of traffic lights, so that the blind can cross the road safely, instead of running the red light with the people next to them when they hear them walking forward.

In addition, Tian Chao, vice chairman of China Blind Association and chairman of Henan Blind Association, also said that blind people mainly rely on public transportation. If we can set up a voice reminder of blind people crossing the road at the intersection of urban traffic lights and install a bus guide system as soon as possible, it will not only ensure the safety of blind people’s travel, but also make it more convenient for blind people to travel.

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According to the regulations on the practical assessment standard for the disabled in China (for Trial Implementation), the disability of visually impaired people is divided into four grades, namely, first-degree blindness (first-degree visual disability), second-degree blindness (second-degree visual disability), first-degree low vision (third-degree visual disability) and second-degree low vision (fourth-degree visual disability). For the convenience of description, blindness and low vision are expressed as "blind" in the report.