The Editor,
Re: “Surrey man dead after crash on Delta Port Way,” the Now online, March 29.
I have been a truck driver for about 20 years, and have approximately three million miles behind me.
When I came into the industry, it was a different world without cell phones and GPS. It was also an age where truck and car drivers got along and courtesy was much more common, but we also had laws on what strength of headlights we were allowed.
I’ve seen a lot of wrecks and in the last number of years, way too many head on collisions, similar to the one that left a man dead on Delta Port Way Wednesday morning.
Sadly, when head-on crashes happen, especially with a car and big truck, there’s almost always a fatality and we only get one side of the story.
Accident investigators do their best, but I have to wonder – do they look at lights being a factor as to why a person may have crossed the centre line?
I live it five or six days a week and I have actually lost sight of the road because of bright lights. Drivers can become temporarily blinded. I know lights today aren’t measured in watts like they used to but they’re getting insanely bright.
I have to ask, where do we draw the stupid line on lights?
When did the law stop caring about what kind of lights cars and trucks have?
Jake Niessen, Abbotsford
