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This study assessed the ability of people with visual impairments to reliably detect oncoming traffic at crossing situations with no traffic control. In at least one condition, the participants could not hear vehicles to afford a safe crossing time when sound levels were as quiet as possible. Significant predictors of detection accounted for a third of the variation in the detection time.For pedestrians with visual impairments (that is, those who are blind or have low vision), crossing a street where there is no traffic control can present a challenge. Crossing situations with no traffic controls include residential intersections where only one street has a stop sign, channelized right-turn lanes with no signal, midblock locations, and roundabouts. In these situations, pedestrians must cross either when drivers yield or in a gap in traffic. Because drivers often do not reliably yield to pedestrians, even those with white canes (Geruschat & Hassan,

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This article describes the author's experiences teaching clients to be aware of their safety for crossing streets that do not have traffic lights or stop signs using two methods she developed for assessing their ability to recognize when it is safe to cross.

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