>
>>would make her somewhat of a hero. OK, so the pedestrian behind the
>>parked
>>car probably wouldn't think so, but then did the driver know there was a
>>pedestrian there?
>
> If the pedestrian was standing up, I would think he would have been
> clearly visible.
>

Well that would fly in the face of decades of driver's education
instruction, wouldn't it? It's been a long time since high school, but in
between all those gory films they showed us, I do remember being cautioned
that parked cars can hide pedestrians. -Dave