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On Wednesday 3 February, in a House of Lords debate on the subject of shared surfaces, Lord Faulkner dismissed much of Guide Dogs' work on the topic.
Guide Dogs is the UK 's leading expert with over 75 years experience of working with blind and partially sighted people to get around. Over a five year period, it has been collecting evidence which shows that the introduction of shared surface streets - where kerbs are removed and traffic and pedestrians are forced to use the same space - poses significant risks for all visually impaired people and other vulnerable groups.
Dr. Tom Pey, Guide Dogs' Director of External Affairs, has invited Lord Faulkner to "honour his pledge to take a blindfold walk in a shared surface area and experience for himself the stress and the anxiety that is posed when traffic and pedestrians are forced together."
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