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Jenny and other blind people are let down by bus companies

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Jenny

ITV West Country News interviewed our member with aniridia – Jenny – who says she frequently misses her stop because there are no automated stop announcements on buses. The charity Guide Dogs for the Blind is calling for audible announcements to be made compulsory on all services.

 

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