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Number of blind on disability
The current unemployment rate among blind Americans is a little more than 70% (on a side note- this is not because blind people aren't adept, it is because the educational system isn't teaching Braille anymore! Talking books have replaced Braille, and so now we've got an illiteracy epidemic. 90% of Braille readers are employed) Check out www.nfb.org for answers about this stuff.
Anyway- I wanted to give an answer to this question. The blind as a whole don't have a lot of disposable income.
And, just to throw my hat in the ring, if I went blind, I would not want to have to put my trust & faith in the hands of drivers, simply relying on them not to hit me. I don't even do that now!