Selected Problems of Implementation of Standards for Unified System of Tactile Indicators

摘要

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is intended to allow independent functioning and full access to all realms of life to all people with disabilities.The Convention imposes an obligation on the state to ensure that all persons with disabilities have access to physical environment,means of transport,information and communication,including ICT technologies and systems,as well as other tools and services,commonly accessible or assured,both in the cities and in the countryside,on equal basis.Having this in mind,together with the voice of the persons with blindness or having greatly reduced vision,and taking into account the chaos in the markings in public space that were supposed to improve the way the persons with disabilities move,it is necessary to design and implement the adequate standards on the roads and in the streets.It is estimated that about 5% of the total country population in Poland are persons with disabilities.About 1.8 million of them are people affected by blindness,partial blindness or low vision,who at the same time are active participants of the public space and of the road traffic.However,the lack of any systemic solutions regulated by law that improve safety in the road ttaffic is a serious problem in enabling access to culture,as well as free and safe movement for persons with poor vision.The article presents the design failures,executive errors and an impact of the usage of the unified warning system that is obligatory countrywide for the safety of persons with disabilities in public space.