[PRCo] Re: Interurban Accidents

[James B. Holland]

Ken & Tracie wrote:

> People tell me the Breda cars are so darn noisy, you could hear them 
> in the
> fog. The trolley coaches, in gray....well, they could probably be 
> called a
> fleet of "silent killers."
>
> K.


Yes, Bredas Are Noisy.

New ETIs  Are  Noisy  --  relative to Flyer 40-footers!       
Electronics whine, sing, howl, scream  --  transmission roars.       
NOONE  likes the HV system in the ceiling.


Going along with my last paragraph below, Anything New will work for a 
while but then people get accustomed to same and ignore it.       We 
Are  ALL  creatures of habit  --  NO  trains at RR Crossing  --  
therefore  NO  Look!       And so on and so on and so on.......

Have an article where TTC is concerned about vehicles plowing into the 
Back End of their TrolleyCars  --  Year--1939  --  66-years ago!       
Guess what?       SF Muni changed brake lights on beeses.       
Why?       Because 66-years later People Still Plow Into The Back Of 
Transit Vehicles.       Why ain't they solved this problem in 
66-years.       NO  single answer but no matter how successful a 
campaign in the short-term, it dassn't work in the long term because of 
our InHuman Nature  --  we get used to it and ignore it.

Problem is that Muni's Solution Causes A Worse Problem.       Across the 
back of Muni buses under the rear window are 3-red brake lights - one on 
either side and one in the middle  --  this in addition to a couple 
others on each side.       In between these three under the window are 
two yellow lights which  *-flash-*  when braking and cease flashing when 
stopped.       These are  NOT  the 4-way flashers  --  4-ways are on 
either side below brake lights.       When we stop and open the doors 
the 4-ways come on automatically.

Hit the brakes - yellow flashing brake lights come on.       Hit left 
turn signal - motorist behind thinks the 4-2ay flashers are on and 
passes on the left setting the vehicles up for a front end 
collision.       One can Talk And Talk And Talk And Talk  A--N--D  Write 
And Write And Write And Write but the idiots upstairs in Muni management 
Ain't Got A Clue.       How Can Their Idea Be Bad.

Inattention To Duties  --  this is how they write up drivers / operators 
when they can't get them for anything else.       The only reason they 
can so do is that because they are masters of the same themselves.       
Ain't Looking At Big Picture  --  Basic Rule in Professional 
Driving.       Yes, flashing yellow brake lights make sense when just 
looking at pure braking but it also conflicts with 4-way flashers.

The best form of management is example  --  And I could Sit Here for the 
rest of the year listing such examples.

> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "James B. Holland":
>
>> We as drivers strongly opposed going back to that gray. This
>> photo, shot by Presidio Driver Robert Parks, was included in a letter to
>> then GM Michael Burns revealing the camouflage nature of the gray
>>
>> What you are saying above is it dassnn''tt matter what color the vehicle
>> - we get accustomed to same and ignore it and hit it! This is
>> underscored by those who Have To See Lowered Gates at RR crossings yet
>> choose to go around the same.
>


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