The fact that he was in a 1/2 ton pickup and they claim they did not see
him, negates all his arguments about only looking forward, not up / down.
As to getting rear ended and seeing it coming, yes you can. I got rear
ended at a stop light. Guys brakes failed, and I sam him coming to fast,
but no where to escape. I laid across the seat and braced myself.
Bill

"FredO" .> wrote in message
...
> I have had to do that same thing on several occasions (accelerate away
from someone I saw in my rear view mirror who had no idea I
> was in front of them) in my 1/2 ton GMC 4X4 P/up
> Fredo
> "Pounds on Wood" > wrote in message
...
> > >
> >> Unfortunately, JR is probably telling the unvarnished truth.
> >>
> >> Drivers tend to look straight ahead and neither up nor down - if they
> > don't
> >> see another driver's head or the roofline of a vehicle then, to them,
it
> >> simply isn't there.
> >>
> >> I was rear-ended by a driver who "didn't see" my '62 MG Midget, hit
head
> > on
> >> by another driver [same Midget], and sideswiped by yet a third driver
> > while
> >> I was driving an '81 GMC pickup [he was driving a '79 LTD].
> >>
> >> All 3 claimed that they didn't even know my vehicle was there.
> >>
> >> Your olfactory organ is malfunctioning - go see your doctor.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Getting rear ended I can buy. Seeing it coming, and reacting, and
> > accelerating out of the way, in a Datsun, and seeing the driver in the
> > rearview, I don't buy at any price.
> >
> > --
> > ********
> > Bill Pounds
> > http://www.billpounds.com
> >
> >
>
>