WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:04.559 It's night Side with Dan Ray. I'mbelling and Mazy, Boston's 2 00:00:04.639 --> 00:00:05.799 news radio. 3 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:09.880 Thank you very much, Madison. Welcome to summer everyone. It's 4 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:13.800 June fourth, but I think summer arrived sometime today, a 5 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:17.920 few days ahead of time when summer normally arrives, so 6 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:21.600 summer really gets here actually technically on June twenti. It's 7 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:23.800 we're just a couple two and a half weeks ahead. 8 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:26.199 That's okay. I'll take the warm weather. My name is 9 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:31.399 Dan Ray, host of Nightside, as Madison so graciously mentioned, 10 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:34.439 and I am here every Monday through Friday night from 11 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:37.640 eight until midnight. Rob Brooks is back in the control room. 12 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:39.920 I think he has an assistant in there. Tonight Shane 13 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:42.439 is working with him. Tonight Robs doing a little bit 14 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:46.640 of training some of our newer team members, and all's 15 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:49.840 right with the world. We have four interesting guests coming up. 16 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:51.840 In the first hour. There were no phone calls, as 17 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:54.039 always during the first hour. We will get to some 18 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:58.799 topics later on tonight. A bit of a brawl that 19 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:02.240 is going on between Boston Mayor Michelle wou and United 20 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:06.840 States Attorney Lea Foley. That is an interesting development. And 21 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:10.280 also we'll talk about the end of the bromance. What 22 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:13.400 might be the end of the bromance between President Trump 23 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:18.359 and Elon Musk. So let us start with our first guest, 24 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:23.079 the president of Hunt Auctions, David Hunt, Dave Hunt, and 25 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:27.040 he is going to be putting up at public auction, 26 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:31.680 not this Thursday, but a week from tomorrow, beginning at 27 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:35.200 two o'clock, the personal collection of Bill Walton, who, of 28 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:39.200 course all of US Celtic fans remember, Bill Walton finished 29 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:41.400 out his career with a couple of pretty good seasons 30 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:44.319 here at the Boston Garden. Dave Hunt, Welcome to Nights Out. 31 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:45.760 How are you? 32 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:47.079 Very good, pleasure to be here. 33 00:01:47.599 --> 00:01:52.599 So what do you have from the personal collection of 34 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:57.120 Bill Walton? A college champion, I'm a great player with 35 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:00.239 the Celtics at the end of his career. I've had 36 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:04.120 a a great player up with the old Portland trail Blazers. 37 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:07.200 What are we talking about here? I'll bet you there's 38 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:08.240 some interesting. 39 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:12.800 Stuff, sure is. I think if you think about Bill Walton, unique, 40 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:15.879 you know, might be a good word to come to mind. 41 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:19.560 And not only was a unique human being and just 42 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:23.800 this interesting figure in sports history, but one of the 43 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:29.319 sort of one of the most encompassing careers in basketball 44 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:32.919 across all levels. As you mentioned, coming out of high school, 45 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:37.319 national recruit, goes to UCLA two time champion, one of 46 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:39.400 only two players, and if you think about this in 47 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:42.599 NCAA history, to be a three time college Player of 48 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:46.000 the Year three times, we'll all for Al Sampson. Then 49 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:49.680 you move on to professional levels. He takes an unlikely 50 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:52.479 team in Portland and takes him to an NBA championship 51 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:56.400 they're only championship since and wins the NBA MVP. Then 52 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:58.479 goes to you know, so on and so forth in 53 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:01.840 San Diego and Los Angeles, and then comes to Boston 54 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:03.840 and as you mentioned, you know, six Man of the 55 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:08.199 Year award, and you read about that Celtics team from 56 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:10.560 eighty six being considered by many to be the greatest 57 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:13.319 team in NBA history overall, and a lot of the 58 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:16.000 players when they're quoted saying that he was the key 59 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:18.639 component that they needed to push them to know, sort 60 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:21.639 of over that level to get to that championship, and 61 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:25.280 then of course into a broadcasting career that was you know, 62 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:29.080 legendary and finally and maybe most interestingly, considered by almost 63 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:31.120 everybody to be the greatest fan in the history of 64 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:37.240 the great BULTECHI. Yeah, yeah, that passed an interesting career 65 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:37.960 in life, for sure. 66 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:41.159 You'll passed at much too young, an age seventy one 67 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:44.879 a year or so. So tell us some of the 68 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:48.159 items we will give out the website so people can 69 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:51.159 peruse some of these items. Are all of the Do 70 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:54.039 many of the items or any of the items have 71 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:57.759 reserve on them? Or is everything in play? 72 00:03:59.120 --> 00:03:59.319 Yeah? 73 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:02.439 Two fronts, There are two answers. I suppose there are 74 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:05.360 hundreds of items, and they range from a few hundred 75 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:07.560 dollars up to a few hundred thousand dollars. And that's 76 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:10.000 something that's important for both us and auctions and the 77 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:12.360 Wall and family for that matter, to have something for 78 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:15.000 everybody to truly let you know, all types of fans 79 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:19.959 and collectors participate. So the overwhelming majority literally have no reserve. 80 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:23.000 They will sell to the highest bidder, whatever that may be, 81 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:26.120 and even the very best items have very conservative reserves 82 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:30.279 to just protect them for a base level. We've averaged 83 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:32.480 around a ninety six to ninety eight percent sale rate 84 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:35.040 over thirty years, so you know, when you have a 85 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:38.519 great auction of great materials, and most importantly from a 86 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:41.759 great figure such as Bill they really become almost a 87 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:45.319 moot point because the market itself sets those levels, and 88 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:47.120 you'll see that in the bidding. You're going to see 89 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:49.759 things that are estimated at five hundred one thousand dollars 90 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:52.439 bring six and seven thousand dollars because that's what the 91 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:55.079 market decided they are worth. You may see some things 92 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:57.800 they're estimated at ten to twenty thousand bring seven thousand 93 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:00.839 because of the reverse of that. But that's kind of 94 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:03.240 the fun of it, right is to see where they'll fall. 95 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:09.279 And with those very pricing levels, there's so many interesting pieces, 96 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:12.959 you know, for your listeners, like not just his Celtics 97 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:15.399 World Championship ring, which is obviously one of the technical 98 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:18.199 pieces you could obtain, but even like you know, his 99 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:22.079 maybe his cachet Celtics bag that he had with some 100 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:25.800 images of Celtics players from that period. So just kind 101 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:30.040 of fun and interesting pieces of basketball history there there are, 102 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:32.160 you know, we're really privileged to offer, for sure. 103 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:38.040 So the Championship Celtics ring, I mean, most people are 104 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:40.879 not going to be able to bid on something like that. 105 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.959 Bidding where is that ring expected to go for? The 106 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:48.920 high rollers? In my audience. I'm sure they're interesting behind that. 107 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:52.560 Yeah, great, great question. And you know, for example, that's 108 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:55.279 estimated to fifty to one hundred thousand in the estimate, 109 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:57.839 you know, the pre sale estimates. It's already over fifty 110 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:01.000 thousand already in the online betting now, so we would 111 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:04.000 expect it to fall in that range. Could it bring more? 112 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:07.000 It certainly could. Given his importance to that particular team. 113 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:09.199 You know, we were honored, as maybe some of your 114 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:12.560 listeners recall, several years ago, to represent Bill Russell, you know, 115 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:15.879 in selling his things and with a portion of going 116 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:18.920 to his charities as well. And now Bill was not 117 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:21.319 a member of that team, but received a ring as 118 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:23.360 one of the members of the organization and that exceeded 119 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:26.680 six figures. And you know, so sort of interesting comparison. 120 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:29.480 And while you can use sort of comparable prices in 121 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:32.639 these in these materials, in these auctions, every auction is 122 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:36.519 different everyone. And it might be a particular party or 123 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:38.800 two or four that decided to focus on a piece 124 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:41.759 that takes them back to something that's very memorable to them. 125 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:44.759 The nostalge of what we do is what drives a 126 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:45.240 lot of us. 127 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:47.800 Okay, so let me see if I can drive some 128 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:50.879 of my listeners. So let's say some of my listeners 129 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:54.319 the same. Boy, I'd love to get something from the 130 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:58.160 Bill Walton collection. But yeah, somebody's thinking, well, you know, 131 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:01.600 I can probably spend a couple one hundred, but what 132 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:06.560 are some items that maybe are in that range that 133 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:09.680 a real Bill Walton fan would want to be aware of. 134 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:14.360 Yeah, that's exactly what we focus on, really. I mean, 135 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:17.439 the best pieces sort of take care of themselves. They 136 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:20.040 find their own path, if that makes sense. But there 137 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:24.839 are quite literally hundreds of pieces, hundreds ranging from it 138 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:27.360 might be a warm up pair of Celtics shorts that 139 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:30.120 shorts that he wore in practice that are two three four, 140 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:32.519 five hundred dollars. There might be a pair of tickets 141 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:34.879 that he was given for the eighty six playoffs that 142 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:37.240 were used by either family member or not used by 143 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:39.800 Bill or whatever, that are in that range. There are 144 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:44.399 dozens and dozens of small awards and interesting things. I mean, 145 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:46.160 there's a desk. This is a little bit of a 146 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:48.839 time piece, but there's a desk ornament like almost a 147 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:52.040 name plate from Larry Bird as a representative when he 148 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:55.480 worked for the Pacers that he gave to Bell. There's 149 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:59.639 just so many different interesting pieces that are under that 150 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:00.439 thousand range. 151 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:03.879 Yeah, I think that you have peaked the interest of 152 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:07.600 my listeners and particularly Bill Walton fans, basketball fans generally. 153 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:13.480 So the auction early bidding, I guess is underway. The 154 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:17.040 auction doesn't officially start until next Thursday at two pm. 155 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:17.759 Is that correct? 156 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.959 Basically, Yeah, the live auction, live, interactive online portion, that's correct. 157 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:25.399 But if you go to hunt auctions dot com you 158 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:28.600 can view all the items, register to bid, and then 159 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:30.279 decide which way you would like to do it. Some 160 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:32.320 people just prefer to put their bids in and let 161 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:35.200 the system basically do it in an automated fashion for them, 162 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:37.399 and some want to register to just to be part 163 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:39.399 of that mix. If you will, on auction day where 164 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:42.000 you can be on your phone at a Little league 165 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:44.279 game or work or wherever you are in this wonderful 166 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:47.360 world of technology in twenty twenty five and bid live 167 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:49.559 just as if you were sitting in a live auction 168 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:52.679 house room, you know, sort of in an old school, 169 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:55.879 raised the paddle type of way. But it's fun. It's 170 00:08:55.919 --> 00:08:58.120 a lot of fun. It's a lot of interesting things 171 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:00.000 and prices and we tell people just go take a look, 172 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:01.879 even if you don't want to bid at all. It 173 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:05.120 is such a fascinating stroll through through history, especially with 174 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:07.159 the person is, as you know, as important as Bill 175 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:08.519 Walton is what he was to his support. 176 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:11.679 Absolutely, Dave Hunt, thanks very much again, give us the 177 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:12.960 website one more time. 178 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:18.039 Yes, hunt auctions dot Com again. Register, take a look 179 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:19.279 at all the items and be ready to bed. 180 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:23.039 So when you get to Hunt auctions dot com you'll 181 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:26.039 see you'll be directed towards the Bill Walton collection. 182 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:28.600 Yeah, it land you right on it. And I do 183 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:31.600 want to mention one quick thing. A portional proceeds of 184 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:34.879 course go to Walton family charity as well. Really important. 185 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:37.559 Perfect Dave Hunt, thank you very much for your time. 186 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:40.679 Always an interesting guy to interview. Thanks Dave, You've got 187 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:43.559 he's got a fascinating career here. I must be a 188 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:46.200 lot of fun to go through these materials and catalog 189 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:48.720 them as well. Thanks so much. We'll talk again anytime 190 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:50.120 you get a big auction you let us know. 191 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:52.519 Thank you so much, Thanky, thank you. 192 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:56.159 When we get back, we're going to talk with Jonathan Goliver, 193 00:09:56.440 --> 00:09:59.320 not about problems at the pike. In one twenty eight. 194 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:02.759 We may talk about how that went last weekend and 195 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:06.240 what that might augur for an upcoming weekend later this month. 196 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:10.159 That there's also, according to Jonathan Galliver, the MASSED Department 197 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:13.759 of Transportation Highway Administrator, a work zone crisis that demands 198 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:17.480 a blue light solution. We will explain on Nightside right 199 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:19.600 after the break. 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Gotta 209 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:52.440 get a little warmer tomorrow, but guess what it is June. 210 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:55.960 We expect that around here, and thank goodness, we finally 211 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:58.480 have some warm coming up. We'll be back on Nightside 212 00:10:58.519 --> 00:10:59.000 right after this. 213 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:03.519 You're on night Side with Dan Ray on w BEAZ, 214 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:05.000 Boston's news. 215 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:09.279 Radio all right. A week or so ago, we talked 216 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:12.840 with Jonathan Golliver, he's the Massachusets Department of Transportation Highway 217 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:17.159 administrator about the big work. I don't want to say 218 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:19.799 big dig, the big work that it was being done 219 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:23.759 last weekend at one twenty eight and the master Turnpike. Jonathan, 220 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:26.639 before we move on to the issue at hand, how 221 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.279 did things go last weekend? Did you guys get accomplished 222 00:11:29.279 --> 00:11:31.519 what you needed to accomplish that weekend and how bad 223 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:33.120 were the backups? 224 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:38.639 So things went very very well. The backups were manageable 225 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:41.519 the whole time. We did get some pretty severe ones. 226 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:43.200 It took almost twice as long to get to the 227 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:46.919 job site, approached about an hour delay at one point 228 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:49.840 on Saturday, but for the most part stayed around thirty 229 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:52.399 minute delay, which is something that we consider to win. 230 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:54.639 You know, a lot of people stayed away from the site. 231 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:57.399 Exactly what we wanted to have happened. So thanks to 232 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:59.600 you and the rest of the media for really getting 233 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:02.639 the word out out and people really paid attention and 234 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:04.679 it really worked out great. We actually finished the job 235 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:07.960 about two and a half hours early, and we're looking 236 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:11.360 forward to hitting the next weekend on the twentieth coming 237 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:12.519 down a couple of weeks. 238 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:14.720 The weekend of the twentieth, the twenty first, and the 239 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:17.960 twenty second. We'll have you back for that, but let's talk. 240 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:20.840 You have raised an alarm, which I think is legitimate, 241 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:24.879 that there's a work zone crisis that demands a blue 242 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:27.720 light solution. I think I know what you're talking about, 243 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:29.879 but I'm sure that you can explain it perfectly for 244 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:32.360 everyone in my audience, including myself. 245 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:36.679 Sure, so this is something that's very, very important to us. 246 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:41.039 We obviously have a lot of work sites across the state. 247 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:43.639 Many of them are behind fixed work zones like the 248 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:45.559 one we did this weekend. But many of the job 249 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:48.320 sites that we have or maintenance, which means that they're 250 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:50.960 not behind fixed work zones with barriers. They're behind things 251 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:54.960 like barrels and cones, obviously a much softer barrier and 252 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:58.600 much more easily penetrated by things like cars. And we 253 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:00.279 do a lot of things to keep our guys safe 254 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:02.480 when they're working in those conditions. We make sure they're 255 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:05.120 in the high visibility gear, we make sure we have 256 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:11.120 crash trucks out there. But things happen, and speeds right 257 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:13.879 now are incredibly high not just in Massachusetts but across 258 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:17.159 the country, and we have seen an alarming trend over 259 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:19.879 the last few years, really since COVID, we have seen 260 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:23.960 things spike and we had a particularly deadly year this year. 261 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:28.200 One of our own staff, David Seussa, was killed just 262 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:30.759 a little bit less than a year ago in these 263 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:31.799 Bridgewater picking. 264 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:33.519 Up some road debris at nighttime. 265 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:36.679 And then just a few months ago in Springfield, we 266 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:39.960 had three workers for one of our contractors who was 267 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:43.240 doing some guardrail work was killed by a driver that 268 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:45.879 went into the work zone. And we have right now, 269 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:48.320 I think a really good chance is a lot of 270 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:53.399 safety initiatives being proposed of the legislature worked on earlier 271 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:55.720 this week, and I had the opportunity to testify on 272 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:59.399 one that was proposed to allow us to use blue 273 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:02.840 lights and very specific and limited ways as a way 274 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:06.279 to improve driver awareness when they're approaching some of the 275 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:09.399 work zones. So the way this would work is, uh, 276 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:12.600 it's for strictly for dot vehicles and I'm talking like 277 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:15.240 the heavy equipment stuff, so I'm talking like crash trucks, 278 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:18.360 where you would have a small number of blue lights 279 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:23.360 which have been very very proven to slow traffic down. Uh, 280 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:25.399 and they would be rear facing so that you would 281 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:27.679 see them as you're approaching these work zones. And and 282 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:31.200 you know, as they said to uh some folks earlier 283 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:34.480 in the week, the first thing every driver does when 284 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:36.960 they see blue lights coming up is they check their 285 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:38.159 speed and they slow down. 286 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:44.559 Absolutely, that's going to disagree that the reaction we're looking for. 287 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:45.279 Ye. 288 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:49.799 So, so would would these blue lights be attached to 289 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:54.320 vehicles or would they be standalone blue lights that would 290 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:58.240 just warn people, Hey, you're approaching a work zone. You'll 291 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:00.600 want to pull over. I mean, everybody knows when you're 292 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:03.360 coming up on a police car which has pulled someone 293 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:06.759 over in the right hand lane, if you can, you're 294 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:10.720 supposed to drift into another lane to the left to 295 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:15.080 give the police officer as much clearance as possible when 296 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:16.840 he gets when he or she gets in or out 297 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:19.759 of their vehicle. Same principle is applying here, I believe. 298 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:23.320 The exact same principle, And the idea would be to 299 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:26.759 put it as part of the standard light package that 300 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:28.679 we have on our trucks right now, so we have 301 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:31.799 amber lights, and this would be something that would be 302 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:33.720 again small number, a lot of states do this in 303 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:36.480 different ways, and this is something that you know to 304 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:39.559 be clear, this law change would allow it. Like right now, 305 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:42.919 we're not allowed to even discuss even a pilot. This 306 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:46.080 would allow us to go into a to set up 307 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:48.120 rules and regulations about how these would be used. And 308 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:51.639 the way we're envisioning it is how many other states 309 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:53.960 do it, which is very small number of lights, So 310 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:56.600 we're talking less than twenty percent of the lights on 311 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:59.679 the light package. Would be blue, could be fixed, could 312 00:15:59.679 --> 00:16:01.559 be off lading, It could be on one side of 313 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:03.159 the truck or the other. There's a few different ways 314 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:05.240 of doing it, and we'd want to trial out these things. 315 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:08.200 We're facing only only for trucks that are going to 316 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:11.039 low speed, so there would be no mistake about it. 317 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:13.000 Nobody's going to confuse one of these for a police 318 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:15.759 vehicle or something along those lines. What we're looking for 319 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:18.600 is that instinctual gut response that people have when they 320 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:21.080 see blue lights. That's proven over and over again. We 321 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.759 want them to want them to hit the brakes, we 322 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:24.759 want them to slow down, we want them to do 323 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:27.840 that speed check and move over, and we don't get 324 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:29.679 that kind of reaction with amber lights. There's a lot 325 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:31.559 of Again, we have a lot of construction sites out 326 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:33.480 there right now, and there's a lot of other things 327 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:36.120 that use amber lights, like tow trucks and such. They 328 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:39.240 don't invoke the same reaction as the blue lights, and 329 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:41.720 it's really that slow down through that work zone that 330 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.360 we're looking for. 331 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:46.240 Last clarification, Jonathan, would these blue lights be both on 332 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:49.440 trucks that might be moving from one area to another 333 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:53.879 area as well as trucks which were stationary where work 334 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:56.279 is going on in a specific area. It seems to 335 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:59.159 me that they should be available in both trucks that 336 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:02.000 are moving on the road to a work site and 337 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:06.160 trucks that are functioning on a work site, because that'd 338 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:09.119 be a little bit protective of the workers. 339 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:13.279 So I think both makes sense to me. But you know, 340 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:16.839 this is something that we we would be certainly willing 341 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:19.400 to trial out either way, and really our goal is 342 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:22.079 to get the most effective one. So if we do 343 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:24.519 have some of these rolling operations like the road debris 344 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:27.160 that I was talking about, where where we think. 345 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:28.519 Having uh, you know, a. 346 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:31.720 Blue light that that is in that slow moving maintenance 347 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:34.839 activity would be effective. But there's also another areas too, 348 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:37.440 where where we think having whether it's a when it's 349 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:40.599 a short term uh saying where the park truck, Like 350 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:43.079 if let's say you're feeling a pothole. Again, that blue 351 00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:45.839 light is effective at keeping people slowed. 352 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:48.319 Down, absolutely, and it's also it's a safety factor for 353 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:51.839 the drivers because you see that blue light, it's going 354 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:54.079 to it's going to get your attention. If you if 355 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:56.839 you're kind of not paying attention and all of a 356 00:17:56.839 --> 00:18:00.359 sudden you're in a in a lane and you're into 357 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:02.960 the back of a truck because it didn't have blue lights. 358 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:05.359 It's a safety factor for the drivers as well. So 359 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:07.839 I hope you get that, Jonathan. If anything we can 360 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:10.480 do to help you, let us know. Okay, all right. 361 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:13.839 I really appreciate and appreciate the attention you bringing to it. 362 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:16.359 Very important safety regulation for us. 363 00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:19.440 I'm delighted to do it, and I look forward to 364 00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:21.880 doing something with you in advance, you know, sometime in 365 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:25.640 the middle of that week of June sixteenth to the twentieth, 366 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:27.839 so we can once again ring the alarm bell for 367 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:32.440 everybody to stay away that weekend of the twentieth. Thanks Jonathan, Oliver, 368 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:35.519 appreciate it very much, all right, Thank you, Dan. All Right, 369 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:37.440 we get back when I tell you about the twenty 370 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:40.559 twenty five thunder Over New Hampshire Air Show. US Navy 371 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:43.000 Blue Angels going to be back in New Hampshire the 372 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:46.559 first time in thirteen years. This gets to September, but 373 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:48.720 let me tell you they are a great attraction. You 374 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:51.279 want to know in advance. We'll be talking with a 375 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:57.599 major from the military, Major Michelle Mastro Battista, coming back 376 00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:59.680 right after the news break at the bottom of the hour. 377 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:05.559 Side with Dan Ray. I'm w Z Boston's news Radio. 378 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:10.680 All right, we tend to promote things that, oh are 379 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:13.359 going to happen a couple of weeks or maybe at 380 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:15.200 the most a month. But when you start talking about 381 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:19.519 the US Navy Blue Angels, who now we're talking the 382 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:23.519 twenty twenty five thunder Over New Hampshire Air Show will 383 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:26.079 return to New Hampshire for the first time in thirteen 384 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:29.640 years September sixth and seventh with US. Now is Major 385 00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:35.160 Michelle Maustro Bautista. Major Mastro Bautista, Welcome to night side. 386 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:40.279 I assume that tickets are gonna get harder to get 387 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:44.880 as the summer goes on, so tell us how tough 388 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:46.720 it is to get the Blue Angels to come back, 389 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:49.720 and what is it going to be like to stand 390 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:53.720 to be in New Hampshire that particular weekend. 391 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:56.759 Hi, thanks for having me. Yes, it's really hard to 392 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:59.400 get the Blue Angels. You have to request them to 393 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:01.480 come out to your show two years in advance, and 394 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:05.000 you're competing with hundreds of other shows across the country. 395 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:07.240 So we're really excited to have them come back to 396 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:09.599 see us. They haven't been here since about twenty twelve. 397 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:12.519 It's going to be a busy weekend. There's a lot 398 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:14.799 of activity going on in the Sea Coast, but the 399 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:17.079 Blue Angels will be here all weekend, as well as 400 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:19.799 a lot of other demo shows, so we can't wait. 401 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:27.519