REIGATE MP Crispin Blunt walked blindly through town after a volunteer challenged him to walk a mile in her shoes.
Blind Jean Meyer dared Mr Blunt to make the trek around Reigate wearing sim-specs, which simulate the effect of cataracts, to raise awareness of the difficulties blind people face in the town.
He travelled from his constituency office in Bell Street and along High Street with a white cane, supported by Mrs Meyer, before making the return journey alone.
Mrs Meyer, a member of the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), said: "When you can't see, there's no such thing as an easy journey. Even paths you walk every day can be hazardous and difficult to negotiate.
"I invited Mr Blunt to take a journey he takes regularly to demonstrate just how confusing it can be when you can't see, and just how reliant you become on people around you helping."
The stunt comes weeks before Mr Blunt will have his say on controversial changes to the benefits system, which will come into effect next April, and which the RNIB claim are unfair to blind people.
As part of the changes, the disability living allowance will be changed to personal independence payments, and each person's individual needs will be assessed.
The RNIB say the draft plans do not take account of the full range of extra living costs which blind people face.
Mr Blunt admitted he was shocked at how little support a blind person walking through the town seemed to get.
"I assumed that shop staff and members of the public would offer assistance when they saw me coming because it was obvious that I could not see them," he said.
"But this was not the case."
Fellow RNIB member Ray Jones, who also accompanied Mr Blunt on part of the work walk with his guide dog Oscar, added that he hopes the MP will take his experience into account when he considers the proposed benefit changes.
He said: "Mr Blunt obviously found it easy to ask for help when he needed it, but not everyone can do that. I could never walk into a shop and just call for assistance.
"Mr Blunt was able to take the glasses off at the end of the day, but those of us living with sight loss can't do that."
