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I received this in response to my letter to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management: <\/span><\/p>\n I hereby respond to your question to the National Government Information about the white cane that you use as a visually impaired person when you participate in traffic. You ask if you can use a cane that is luminous, because the ordinary white cane is not visible in the dark and in bad weather. <\/span><\/p>\n Thank you for putting this question to me. It is very unfortunate to hear that you have been hit and I understand that you are looking for ways to prevent this in the future. <\/span><\/p>\n The white cane should contribute to your safety in traffic. In Article 49, paragraph 1, of the 1990 Traffic Rules and Signs Regulations (https:\/\/wetten.overheid.nl\/jci1.3:c:BWBR0004825&hoofdstuk=II¶graaf=19&artikel=49&z=2017-07-01&g=2017-07-01 ) state: “Drivers must let the blind, equipped with a white cane with one or more red rings, and let all persons with difficulty move ahead.” Thanks to the blind guide cane, other road users see that a blind person is approaching and they must let him go. <\/span><\/p>\n The legislation does not further define the white cane with one or more red rings, the white cane for the blind. We must therefore start from common usage. A white cane that emits white light and has one or more red rings still looks like a “white cane with one or more red rings”. From “one or more” you could infer that the legislator would not want to see just one design as a “white cane for the blind”. <\/span><\/p>\n It is super nice to know this!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I received this in response to my letter to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management: I hereby respond to your question to the National Government Information about the white cane that you use as a visually impaired person when you participate in traffic. You ask if you can use a cane that is luminous,<\/p><\/div>\n