Open letter about wakefulness

I sent this email to the owner of fleet (contracted to FedEx Ground). Indy to Columbus Ohio isn’t that hard, usually, but I failed, badly, recently, and FedEx has way$ to minimize service failures. Run starts at 21:00 or so, after 3 hours of local P&D. Back to Indy around 5 am.

So, here’s the letter. Looking forward to feedback.

“Brett,

I'm doing a bit of research on wakefulness.

I wish wakefulness was simply a matter of coffee and determination, but our phones play a part, and headlights play a part, also.

What I have found out:

Melatonin is part of the body's sleep pattern regulation. Reddish light is like a sunset, stimulating melatonin production, making us drowsy.

The Volvo's headlights are dim and reddish. Google turns up truckers complaining about dim Volvo headlights.
https://www.google.com/search?clien........0....1.........0i71j0i8i7i30.zy1l2aaP-dM

Our phones have near-perfect "daylight" screens. Apple has a Night Shift setting, to avoid screen-induced insomnia.

Q&A: Why Is Blue Light before Bedtime Bad for Sleep?

So....

I've set up a custom Night Shift cycle on my phone, to prevent blue light-induced insomnia (reddish screen when I should be sleeping, getting ready to sleep). Using it as I write this.

I will investigate melatonin dietary supplements, taken before I go to bed, to encourage sleep.

And, I would be extremely grateful if the Volvo's headlights got new bulbs, 5000K-6500K bulbs, new headlight buckets etc. I know new headlight buckets are costly, but my buddy the heavy truck mechanic remembers replacing lots of them, some time back, when Quickway (Kroger) ran Volvos.

I will investigate aftermarket driving lamps with 5000K-6500K spectrum. Might be cheaper than new headlight buckets.

One last detail is the charging system voltage. Dash indicates less than 14 volts, should be 14.5 volts. Usually it shows 13.9 volts.

I Thank you for reading this.
Steve
”


Okay, let The Feedback commence!