Watch why Irish Guide Dogs are asking people to become #SmartStreet Heroes on #WorldSightDay

The Irish Guide Dogs are calling on all of us to go from zero to hero to mark World Sight Day.

The charity have launched a campaign to create better awareness of how pavements blocked by parked cars, wheelie bins, over hanging hedges and street furniture, such as shop signage, can impede the independence and mobility of people with vision impairment.

These obstacles force people with vision loss out on to roads in the midst of noisy, fast moving traffic, which they cannot see.