Ed Pawlowski posted for all of us...



On 11/29/2015 8:46 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:


None of that addresses the issues raised - and I agree that they are
both too bright and too loud around here and have become their own
hazard.

While you have that opinion, many people still don't see or hear them.
Most cars come with good sound systems and many people play them loudly.
What would you suggest to overcome it other than be louder?

Also around here, the driving of those vehicles also seems to have
become more hazardous..... admittedly just anecdotal observation, but
I've seen responders go around a blind turn against a red light (risking
certain death for whoever would have been unlucky enough to be in that
head-on crash).... and observed the same 2 vehicles a few blocks later
pulled over with the occupants doing nothing more than directing
traffic.

Evidently you see a lot more emergency vehicles than I do. Maybe one a
month? I don't care how bright and loud they are as long as it works.

Just today I witnessed an ambulance blow two red lights on a main
thoroughfare.... no siren in this case, no lights.... just relying on
some new system they have in place that turns the light suddenly green
for the emergency vehicle - only fly in the ointment was the lights did
not turn green until *after* the vehicle had blown through them.

And now we have school buses with white strobe lights on the roof. These
things are yellow and as big as a small house.... no problem seeing
*that*..... but there is something about a strobe light that forces
people's eyes to flick over to it - sort of a involuntary reflex....not
what I would call a good thing when drivers (already plenty aware of the
school bus) have to be looking for other moving objects.


From operating and training on EV use, no lights or sirens are bright or
loud enough. Some NYC f/f's have hearing problems from the siren mounted on
the front bumper.

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Tekkie