Was driving home from a camping trip, was near the end of July and was about hour from home on a busy road in lower NY. Pedaling down the side of the road I see a grown man dressed like the guy on the Gorton fish sticks box. Full length yellow rain coat with matching hat and boots. Looked like a 6'ft banana(was his own scale) riding one of those adult tricycles. My first thought aside from "wtf was that?", was how hot he must be in that outfit. It was atleast 90⁰F that day and I was sweating with the AC on. Then just as I'm passing him I notice something sticking out from the front of his handle bars and almost ended up rearending the guy in front of me when I realized what it was. He had one of those white canes used by the blind and he had what looked like a wheel from a shopping cart duct taped to the end of it rolling in front of him. Not sure about other areas, but we have ruts cut into the shoulder of the roads here so if you aren't paying attention or fall asleep you hear a noise and feel a vibration when you drive over them to warn you. Well he was kind of using them the same way, but in reverse. He was using wheel on the end of the cane to keep him off of the road and going in a straight line. My grandma was born blind so I know how creative she could get with being able to do daily tasks, but I was half impressed(that he had the balls to try it) and half dumfounded that he came up with that and thought it was a good idea. Stopped at a drive thru about half mile up the road and we were talking/laughing about it while we waited at the window. The girl working there heard us and said she knew who we were talking about and told us he does that almost every day and dresses like that so people will see him and that he really is blind and not just some nut job out for a ride. Was almost 15yrs ago but still picture it and laugh sometimes. But respect for not giving up and finding a way👍
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