Show blind man devises way for sightless to hail right bus FORT WAYNE IND devised by a blind man a system tor for blind people to td signal public transit vehicles has been placed in operation here by the local transit company john G long who lost his sight in 1908 Is credited with inventing the new device long who had to rely on public transit vehicles to get around town found that his blindness prevented him from knowing when a vehicle was approaching and what route number it bore during the days of the street car he could hear an approaching vehicle but when street cars gave way to silent trackless trolley coaches long would stand for lengthy periods unable to detect the approach of a trolley coach until it was too late to signal to solve this problem he suggested a small but very visible sign book which blind people could carry and which would contain all local transit numbers the book has eight pages one for each route number and one for a weekly pass each page is perforated with the same number of holes boles as the route number the blind rider opens it to the desired route and holds it up tor for the driver to see |