Re: Sitting up Higher ( was Re: SUVs are rollover risks and prone fatal accidents! (NOT) )

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From: Brandon Sommerville
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 01:10

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The Real Bev wrote:

>Joseph Huesmann wrote:
>> 
>> In article <icss5to0bmdaj0oildum7t06cvidjl0dgj@4ax.com>, Carey Gregory wrote:
>> >hillman@enteract.com (David Hillman) wrote:
>> >
>> >>   I usually drive cars, low ones, in fact.  It is very, very rare for
>> >>   me to have my vision obstructed my a non-commercial vehicle.  I'd like
>> >>   to see what you're driving if you can see over an Iveco delivery van.
>> >
>> >Since you've apparently observed that one must be equal to or greater
>> >in height to an Iveco van in order to see over it, then it should be a
>> >simple matter for you to extrapolate to different relative heights.
>> >If you're able to see over vehicles higher than the level of your
>> >eyes, then I congratulate you on your x-ray vision.
>> 
>> If a vehicle is blocking your vision, you're following it too closely.
>
>How much of your vision is being blocked?  If a vehicle is blocking only 1%
>of your field of view, I'd guess that you're probably not following it too
>closely.
>
>Be more precise, please.  Some of us take words seriously.

He's coming up to a stop sign beside an SUV.  He can't proceed because
the SUV is restricting his vision to the side.
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