Description

The driver of this DC agency-owned panel van was tailgating me way too close for safety and common sense while I rode on a public (CaBi) bicycle in the right lane on K Street Northeast between 8th St. and 9th St.

He then made a right turn on 10th St and drive south toward Capitol Hill on 10th St.

He was driving so closely, with only a 7-10 foot following distance, that he absolutely would not have had time to stop if I or another cyclist, had a fall or a sudden stop and would have run me over and killed me.

This occurred in a dense area of the Trinidad neighborhood with frequent traffic control devices, stop signs and crosswalks, a school a few blocks away, and Galludet University, and the NoMa metro station nearby.

He can be described as a clean-shaven male appearing to be in his late 30's to mid 40's with an apparently bald head. He wore "wraparound" "Oakley" style sunglasses with dark grey-colored lenses.

He drove a white-colored panel van with a small crane and a "bucket" attached.
The DC license plate number is "DC7904". There was also a "how's my driving" sticker displayed as well.

Please investigate this matter of safe and responsible public vehicle operation and stewardship, which is substantially within the public interest, to include records or data that might document DC-owned vehicle use. This might include: vehicle sign-out logs, vehicle check-in logs, vehicle odometer and fuel gauge records, camera feeds and photos at parking lot and building entry/exit points, or other public camera images, re-fueling charges or fleet fuel card use, car wash charges and records, parking charges or citations, traffic citations issued, maintenance records, GIS/GPS data, or vehicle tracking device data, or any other logs, books, records, database data, reports, files, receipts, papers, purchase orders, photo, video, or other observations, to determine the identity of the driver and take appropriate corrective and educational action.