Why I won't put lights on my heavy wrecker
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2023
- It’s very simple. Blinding the people who are driving cars towards you is just flat out dumb. Bright and fast flashing lights are very disorienting and distract people from the danger that they should be focusing on. The towing industry has gone WAY into the stupid category with the amount of lights and crazy flash patterns that have become the norm these days.
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Casey, the SK government did a 12 month study in the late 1980s in Saskatchewan (Canada) when it comes to light bars and warning lights in regards to approaching traffic. Trucks operating a crash in the ditch that had their strobes/lightbar on had a 4000% (yes 40 times) more likelihood of having an approaching car drift into the ditch (or the shoulder) where the recovery truck was working (people inadvertently lean towards the lights and drift the steering wheel in that direction "to see what's going on over there"). Road flares (burning or reflective) set up 200m before the crash scene did far, far, more to prevent secondary accidents than any amount of blinking lights. This resulted in some general retraining of tow trucks and first responders on highways attending accidents. I couldn't find a link to the study (it was the Department of Highways and the University of Saskatchewan) to share, probably because it predates the internet.
I almost ran into a police officer at 5 MPH. He was standing in the road directing traffic but had the strobes out in front of him blinding on coming traffic.
There needs to be a serious discussion at the DOTs regarding over-lighting. In Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana I've come upon accident scenes that I literally couldn't look directly at. Couple fire engines, police cars, ambulance, all with 20,000 lumens each of LEDs, it's just INSANE. I believe they took the same lighting budget for the obsolete lighting and used it all on cheaper, longer life LEDs so they wouldn't lose that money. I haven't seen any data but I bet they cause accidents as well as retinal damage.
I applaud your thoughtfulness regarding lighting
The magnetic lighting actually makes perfect sense, I forgot about people driving by when you are winching out on a recovery and such. Good idea.
Impressive organization on the wrecker, which is super sharp looking! Totally agree about the blinding lights. Stay safe!
The lady at the UPS store asking what kind of delivers you are getting is hilarious!!! 🤣
As a volunteer firefighter I can't tell you how many times I've heard cops and firefighters complain about almost getting hit. In the same breath they'll talk about how many super bright lights they have and those stupid drivers are still trying to kill them!
I appreciate how you are setting up your peripheral lighting.
My UHaul company stock appreciates your honesty. This fuel theft crap is so out of control it’s disgusting
I LOVE your lighting ideas! As a professional driver I HATE the idiots with all the flashing strobes and blinding lights aimed randomly into the eyes of drivers and traffic at night effectively blinding drivers when they actually need their vision the MOST!
Love the old school rotators! All western stars look good with those lights
Thank you Casey/ for voice of reason. The LED flasher on most emergency response vehicles are disorientingly bright.
Totally agree on warning vs. distraction. Sometimes I wonder if the ones using some of these blinding lights have ever driven toward a scene where they were used.
I love, and 1000 percent agree with Casey's view on the lights
No worries, Casey
You make a lot good sense. 21 years in field service early morning, late evening, bright lights in your eyes bad. I like your videos.
Perfect lighting. Beautiful truck.
Thank you, and very smart move. Lots of people suffer from night blindness, so big bright lights in their face doesn't do anything but make it where they can't see anything at all in front of them. Lighting up the scene instead actually makes it way easier for someone with night blindness to navigate it safely for both the people on scene and themselves. Even if you don't have night blindness, you know you rage when someone high beams you. This just makes sense.
Casey can you show your truck at night facing the wrong side of the road as you do many times working, in the dark 1 with your headlights on and 2 with your headlights off