The E - Mails describing Hearings scheduled in Augusta for Proposed New
Legislation in Safety and Education relating to Bicyclists, Pedestrians and
new Programs for Educating Young People on Safety All came together when
reading the Report on the legal Deliberations concerning the Pickup Driver
and the Doctor bicycling home after a busy day at the Healthcare Center
where she worked . After searching a few other accounts of the "accident"
in other media, I found that she was hit at 4:49 PM October 10, 2016. The
Pickup Truck Driver said he was blinded by the Sun.
In all the Stories I could find, There was NO Mention at All of Sunglasses
or Sun Visors. Mid October, anywhere in Maine, Late Afternoon or Early
Morning, Drivers will experience Low Angle Sunlight in their Faces. People
on Bicycles, Children waiting for Schoolbuses, People driving to work in
the Morning , May come up behind a Stopped School Bus While driving facing
that same Bright Sunlight.
Then in the Late Afternoon, driving back home, a School Bus will Stop to
let Children out. And That same Autumn Low Angle Bright Sunlight will be in
a Driver's Face and Windshield. Do you have Sunglasses ? Does your car,
SUV,
Pickup Truck have Windshield Sun Visors ? Is your Driver's Seat adjusted
so the Sun Visors will help YOU to see that Bicyclist on the Shoulder of
the Road, or the School Bus stopped around the Curve ?
Dennis Marrotte
