Metro is installing a new audio warning device to alert pedestrians of a bus turning at an intersection.
The device is intended to warn people crossing the street of the oncoming bus. The device shouts, “Pedestrians, bus is turning!” But an interior speaker in the device also tells drivers, “Caution, look both ways.”
So bus drivers needs to be reminded of driving basics?
To be fair, the agency is cracking down in irresponsible drivers and has a zero-tolerance policy for operators who are caught using their cell phones (or other electonic devices) while at the wheel. But doesn’t this device’s additional warning for drivers imply that Metro thinks its drivers need to be reminded about looking both ways when entering a crosswalk?
