Robert James Thomson Quotes
Automate the headlights so drivers can't forget to turn them on in low visibility.
SafeTrack - I keep saying this - is not going to fix Metro. It's a speeded up track work program, compressing three years of already planned work on the track bed into about a year.
There are easily accessible programs to help aging drivers maintain their skills, or recognize when they need to give up their cars.
The cars themselves are getting smarter and will be increasingly able to assist drivers - to the point where the cars will be completely automated.
I don't like the midnight closing on weekends. It's one thing to tell people they have to drive to Jiffy Lube Live in the outer suburbs.
If the Metro general manager, Paul Wiedefeld, says those extra hours for maintenance are necessary to help fix the system and make it safer, then that gets top priority.
I wish the dashboard indicators for lights were standardized throughout the auto industry.
When I look at the faces of turning drivers, I mostly see them looking in the direction of oncoming motorists rather than at the people they're about to turn into.
Drivers tend to look for other drivers, rather than for pedestrians or cyclists.
When different generations of cars are combined into one train, it messes with the loudspeaker system.
I don't know of any source for online maps showing the platform, stairs, escalators, elevators, mezzanines and other station details.
Many police officers watch for vehicles without headlights because it's a telltale of a drunk driver.
I'm surprised when I see someone doing the logical, commonsense thing: Walk facing the oncoming traffic.
As our eyes age, they have a tougher and tougher time adjusting to rapid changes in lighting, and we need to be aware of this.
Metro, built in the late 20th century, is the most escalator-dependent system in the world.
That's the original problem from which the escalator mess stems. There's just too many of them.
I love the cameras and don't mind mailing in my check when I fail to pay attention and go too fast.
If you're driving more than 50 mph through a neighborhood where the speed limit is 25 mph, I question whether you should keep your driver's license. You're a menace to society.
Metro shows no signs of being able to make its trains run on time. This occurs during single-tracking and it occurs during normal rush hour service.
Motors that are vulnerable to shorting out because of snow ingestion should have snow filters installed over air intakes, and spare motors should be ready to replace any failed motors.
Tolling plan is a wonderful opportunity for political pandering, and some candidates are taking full advantage of it.
Some people make a separate argument about the red light cameras. They say it just changes the type of crash that's most likely to occur at an intersection.
Seems like people could behave themselves without making a calculation regarding how likely or unlikely they are to kill other people.
