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As I type this, the hospital that I work at is paying around twenty
thousand dollars to have the Driveway transitions, in front of the
hospital replaced. The transitions I refer to are the scoops in the
sidewalk, that meet the road surface. The reason that these 5 year old
driveways have to be replaced is because that when the driveways were
put in, the cement on the incline of the transitions was grooved to
enhance drainage and traction. Well as it turns out, these grooves in
side walks are commonly used for the Blind, to indicate the boundaries
of a Cross Walk. Yes, the University that owns the hospital was sued!!
Chris

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:47:35 GMT, Chris Buckley
<cnbuckley.RemoveThis@earthlink.net> wrote:

 >As I type this, the hospital that I work at is paying around twenty
 >thousand dollars to have the Driveway transitions, in front of the
 >hospital replaced. The transitions I refer to are the scoops in the
 >sidewalk, that meet the road surface. The reason that these 5 year old
 >driveways have to be replaced is because that when the driveways were
 >put in, the cement on the incline of the transitions was grooved to
 >enhance drainage and traction. Well as it turns out, these grooves in
 >side walks are commonly used for the Blind, to indicate the boundaries
 >of a Cross Walk. Yes, the University that owns the hospital was sued!!

What happens when blind folks get on a concrete roadway with drainage
grooves cut into it?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->