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hey Daniel, woud you be interested in helping me with a little matter
that's been bothering me? (see .sig for email unmunging directions)
Let me know what's a good email address to keep in touch

what this is about, for Daniel or anyone else that's interested, I'm
trying to draft a complaint to WMATA (DC transit authority) about the
widespread practice of Metro buses driving around with their high beams
on 24/7. I have no confirmation yet but the practice seems to be so
universal that I can only assume that it's a misguided "safety"
initiative. Bothersome at all hours and truly dangerous in the late
evening. I'd like to have some cites to throw back as to why this is
dangerous (other than the fact that it's blatantly obvious) when I get
the inevitable response that it is indeed a safety policy.

nate

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Nate Nagel wrote:
> hey Daniel, woud you be interested in helping me with a little matter
> that's been bothering me? (see .sig for email unmunging directions) Let
> me know what's a good email address to keep in touch
>
> what this is about, for Daniel or anyone else that's interested, I'm
> trying to draft a complaint to WMATA (DC transit authority) about the
> widespread practice of Metro buses driving around with their high beams
> on 24/7. I have no confirmation yet but the practice seems to be so
> universal that I can only assume that it's a misguided "safety"
> initiative. Bothersome at all hours and truly dangerous in the late
> evening. I'd like to have some cites to throw back as to why this is
> dangerous (other than the fact that it's blatantly obvious) when I get
> the inevitable response that it is indeed a safety policy.

High beams at night in traffic, safety policy? Seriously...

Hopefully they at least drive on the right side of the road, unlike
here. Hit a bus two days ago when driver decided it was perfectly fine
to drive 3 ft over the center line despite oncoming traffic (me and two
other cars)... Fortunatly, the only damage was a couple of scratches on
the mirror, but had its headlights not been so damn glaring I might
actually have seen how far over it was and taken evasive action.

>
> nate
>
Ulf

Nate Nagel wrote:
> hey Daniel, woud you be interested in helping me with a little matter
> that's been bothering me? (see .sig for email unmunging directions) Let
> me know what's a good email address to keep in touch
>
> what this is about, for Daniel or anyone else that's interested, I'm
> trying to draft a complaint to WMATA (DC transit authority) about the
> widespread practice of Metro buses driving around with their high beams
> on 24/7. I have no confirmation yet but the practice seems to be so
> universal that I can only assume that it's a misguided "safety"
> initiative. Bothersome at all hours and truly dangerous in the late
> evening. I'd like to have some cites to throw back as to why this is
> dangerous (other than the fact that it's blatantly obvious) when I get
> the inevitable response that it is indeed a safety policy.

High beams at night in traffic, safety policy? Seriously...

Hopefully they at least drive on the right side of the road, unlike
here. Hit a bus two days ago when driver decided it was perfectly fine
to drive 3 ft over the center line despite oncoming traffic (me and two
other cars)... Fortunatly, the only damage was a couple of scratches on
the mirror, but had its headlights not been so damn glaring I might
actually have seen how far over it was and taken evasive action.

>
> nate
>
Ulf

Listen to this loonybird. He speeds and drives drunk every day of his
life and then complains about how unsafe it is for busdrivers to drive
with their lights on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Listen to this loonybird. He speeds and drives drunk every day of his
life and then complains about how unsafe it is for busdrivers to drive
with their lights on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ulf wrote:

> Nate Nagel wrote:
>
>> hey Daniel, woud you be interested in helping me with a little matter
>> that's been bothering me? (see .sig for email unmunging directions)
>> Let me know what's a good email address to keep in touch
>>
>> what this is about, for Daniel or anyone else that's interested, I'm
>> trying to draft a complaint to WMATA (DC transit authority) about the
>> widespread practice of Metro buses driving around with their high
>> beams on 24/7. I have no confirmation yet but the practice seems to
>> be so universal that I can only assume that it's a misguided "safety"
>> initiative. Bothersome at all hours and truly dangerous in the late
>> evening. I'd like to have some cites to throw back as to why this is
>> dangerous (other than the fact that it's blatantly obvious) when I get
>> the inevitable response that it is indeed a safety policy.
>
>
> High beams at night in traffic, safety policy? Seriously...

I haven't seen any buses on the road at actual, pitch-black night (I
live fairly well away from the city) but I did have one follow me on US
50 when it was dark enough that I was blind from behind - and I don't
mean "the sun is starting to set" dark, I mean "the sky is really,
really dark purple, just not black" dark.

>
> Hopefully they at least drive on the right side of the road, unlike
> here. Hit a bus two days ago when driver decided it was perfectly fine
> to drive 3 ft over the center line despite oncoming traffic (me and two
> other cars)... Fortunatly, the only damage was a couple of scratches on
> the mirror, but had its headlights not been so damn glaring I might
> actually have seen how far over it was and taken evasive action.
>

I haven't seen that, but they do seem to like to pull out into traffic
and change lanes whenever they damned well feel like it, as if their
directional signal is an official traffic control device. But that's
only a few, whereas the headlight thing seems to be universal.

nate

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Ulf wrote:

> Nate Nagel wrote:
>
>> hey Daniel, woud you be interested in helping me with a little matter
>> that's been bothering me? (see .sig for email unmunging directions)
>> Let me know what's a good email address to keep in touch
>>
>> what this is about, for Daniel or anyone else that's interested, I'm
>> trying to draft a complaint to WMATA (DC transit authority) about the
>> widespread practice of Metro buses driving around with their high
>> beams on 24/7. I have no confirmation yet but the practice seems to
>> be so universal that I can only assume that it's a misguided "safety"
>> initiative. Bothersome at all hours and truly dangerous in the late
>> evening. I'd like to have some cites to throw back as to why this is
>> dangerous (other than the fact that it's blatantly obvious) when I get
>> the inevitable response that it is indeed a safety policy.
>
>
> High beams at night in traffic, safety policy? Seriously...

I haven't seen any buses on the road at actual, pitch-black night (I
live fairly well away from the city) but I did have one follow me on US
50 when it was dark enough that I was blind from behind - and I don't
mean "the sun is starting to set" dark, I mean "the sky is really,
really dark purple, just not black" dark.

>
> Hopefully they at least drive on the right side of the road, unlike
> here. Hit a bus two days ago when driver decided it was perfectly fine
> to drive 3 ft over the center line despite oncoming traffic (me and two
> other cars)... Fortunatly, the only damage was a couple of scratches on
> the mirror, but had its headlights not been so damn glaring I might
> actually have seen how far over it was and taken evasive action.
>

I haven't seen that, but they do seem to like to pull out into traffic
and change lanes whenever they damned well feel like it, as if their
directional signal is an official traffic control device. But that's
only a few, whereas the headlight thing seems to be universal.

nate

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replace "fly" with "com" to reply.
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Mark Lewis wrote:
> Get on a bus for a couple miles at night and chat with the driver
about
> it. Find out if the brights are on, and if so why. If the driver has
a
> problem with having his brights on you will have ammunition for your
> letter. When you get off, cross the street, catch the bus back to
your
> car, and repeat the conversation with that driver.
>
> Or take the bus one day to work if you can.

And talk to him about other suggestions that you can file with your
complaint. Are Low beams the only alternative here?

Mark Lewis wrote:
> Get on a bus for a couple miles at night and chat with the driver
about
> it. Find out if the brights are on, and if so why. If the driver has
a
> problem with having his brights on you will have ammunition for your
> letter. When you get off, cross the street, catch the bus back to
your
> car, and repeat the conversation with that driver.
>
> Or take the bus one day to work if you can.

And talk to him about other suggestions that you can file with your
complaint. Are Low beams the only alternative here?

"Laura Bush murdered her boy friend" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Listen to this loonybird. He speeds and drives drunk every day of his
> life and then complains about how unsafe it is for busdrivers to drive
> with their lights on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He said high beams, which are indeed blindingly bright and a safety concern.
Who is the "looneybird" now?