Railroad crossings. Seriously? I had to learn how to cross railroad tracks today. Learning that was part of the rural travel portion of the training. Let me tell you, there was an area that had about 4 different tracks all in a row. As there is no sidewalk, I had to trail the side of the road that meets the dirt in order to avoid walking into traffic. After first listening for trains of course.
After playing on the train tracks for awhile, it was time to walk back so my O&M lesson buddy could have his lesson. He had to do the big intersection that I did yesterday. I was following our instructor and him around as he was crossing with the lights when all of a sudden, we were just through crossing when a rude guy in a pickup truck laid on his horn. EXCUSE US for crossing the street and making you wait to make your right turn! Blindfolded or not, we are still pedestrians! It's not like we are jaywalking or anything (which they do give tickets for here in Nac, just ask my instructor). Honestly. I think I turned around and threw my arms up at him and said "what?!" More in a confrontational context than a question.
Let this be a lesson to you. NEVER HONK AT A BLIND PERSON! People do it all the time! It is not funny. It scares us half to death. We had an old guy one day in a classic antique Ford with the "haOOga" horn (you know the sound) that was honking at us randomly all morning. I about jumped out of my skin a few times along with everyone else having their lessons under blindfold. As soon as we thought he had driven somewhere else, he showed up and honked again! I guess we looked pretty ridiculous jumping 4 feet off the sidewalk with a cane. It was like a Jack-in the-Box, you never quite knew when it was going to happen. (By the way, I am afraid of Jack-in-the-Boxes. Can't handle the anticipation.)
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