Nanning, People’s Daily Online, April 18 (Zhou Jingyuan) A few days ago, an interview group of "Central Media Going to the Grassroots" jointly organized by the Propaganda Department of China Disabled Persons’ Federation, China Disabled Persons’ Cause Press Promotion Association and Guangxi Disabled Persons’ Federation went into Nanning to visit the first intelligent blind zebra crossing in Guangxi and listen to the stories of visually impaired people improving their travel experience.
Visually impaired people pass the intelligent blind zebra crossing. People’s Daily Online Zhou Jingyuan
"The reason for increasing the blind road design is because we received feedback from the masses in May last year that there are more visually impaired people near this road, about more than 100. Due to the lack of barrier-free facilities in this section, there are great security risks for visually impaired people. " Wu Wenzhao, deputy director of the Research Institute of the Traffic Police Detachment of Nanning Public Security Bureau, said.
In October 2022, after many investigations and technical research and development, the traffic police department of Nanning added a zebra crossing with blind lanes embedded in it, with a length of nearly 30 meters, which was synchronized with an intelligent guidance system for the blind, and distributed a chip bracelet for the visually impaired.
Wu Wenzhao introduced that whenever visually impaired people cross the street, the guidance system for the blind will sense the signal of their bracelets, and LED display screens, warning lights, voice prompts and other equipment on the north and south sides of the intersection will give early warning to passing vehicles through visual and sound means to remind them to slow down and be polite.
"When crossing this zebra crossing, the bracelet doesn’t have to be held in your hand and put in your pocket. The blind guidance system can also sense it, which makes it easier for us to walk." Tao Jin, a visually impaired person, said.
It is worth noting that in the pavement design, the zebra crossing is granular, and the concave and convex feeling of stepping on it can guide the visually impaired. At night, the guidance system for the blind will also send out laser tips to make pedestrians cross the street more eye-catching.
In recent years, Guangxi has attached great importance to the construction of barrier-free environment, persisted in people-centered construction and sharing of barrier-free environment, vigorously promoted the construction of barrier-free environment in urban and rural areas, created a number of national demonstration cities and counties for barrier-free environment construction, and improved and upgraded a number of barrier-free facilities.