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In Touch - 05/10/2010

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The European Commission has proposed new rules that would force bus operators to provide on-board automated announcements for the benefit of the blind. Norman Baker, the UK Transport Minister, explains why he will be resisting any new regulation from Brussels. Peter White is joined by Emily Brothers, president of the National Federation of the Blind, John Major of the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK, and Peter Barker, Professor of the Inclusive Environment at Reading University.