Truck drivers

[edbenton]

I used to run team and run the night shift.  When running I-80 across Wyoming engines on the Overland route blinded me so many times it hurt.  I had a 1 million CP spotlight that was mounted to the truck you know hitting the cab normally made them at least turn off the ditch lights so I could see.

[FTGT725]

The ever present event recorder on the locomotive makes it less likely the headlight/ditchlights will be dimmed now days, as it is a rule violation.

 

I understand the rule violation, but when you're blinding a Trucker hauling 80,000 lbs at 65 mph, that's not the best choice to make. Imagine if your family were about to meet that truck and the truck driver couldn't see them.

[rrboomer]

The ever present event recorder on the locomotive makes it less likely the headlight/ditchlights will be dimmed now days, as it is a rule violation.

[bnsfkline]

When a trucker flashes his High beams, it means one of two things, Your lights are blinding them, or to move over, your in the clear.

I am a Truck driver, and trust me, its not out of ignorance

[NSlover92]

Well I live on a farm and even though im only 15 i have rode to drop of grain and we have a road that runs with a track (NS) and we met one on time and its bright, but the engineer dropped his ditchlights which helps. Hahaha if you want to get them back get a spot light and flish them back . Mike

[FTGT725]

As a former truck driver, I can tell you you're blinding the hell out of the trucker. I used travel US 36 across MO and when I met a train at night, I'd flash my hi-beams and the engineer would dim their lights. This was before ditch lights so maybe something has changed to where you can't dim them now. I know you can turn off the ditch lights so maybe that would help. 

 

[Namerifrats]

Same thing happens to us alot (NS Conductor) on my territory. People are being ignorant and thinking that the train is like another car on the road and we should dim our lights everytime we meet a car. Just like these people that buy a house where their driveway is in the middle of a siding and raise hell when the train stops there for 20 minutes on a meet. I just say nicely, well now you know why you got such a deal on that property. And the same people that get made and complain everytime a train blows a crossing and they bought the house that was built last year beside the crossing thats been there 50 years.

[hrbdizzle]

Im a UP conductor, operating out of roseville to fresno 3-4 times a week.
The track pretty much parallels highway 99. At nighttime we are constantly getting truckers highbeams flashed at us. Is it out of anger? or train appreciation.

Sometime I wish that we had a highbeam switch to flash back at em, as if to say " how do you like me now? " ha ha...

Seriously, sorry I know the lights are bright but we cannot dim them.