Hitch inversion theory

JR North wrote:

> This is no way to drive with peace-of-mind.

Anyone who drives with too much peace-of-mind isn't paying enough
attention, in my opinion. Any vehicle can have a moron behind the wheel
and by paying too much attention to the SUV you could miss the idiot in
the car next to you.

JR North wrote:

> The main beef I have with SUVs is the people who drive them have little
> or no experience with the shifted drivers perspective due to the
> elevated eye level. I have come within a short hair's width of being
> broadsided TWICE by Lincoln Navigators, who's drivers ran a stop sign on
> an intersecting side street. This is because they are used to looking UP
> at a stop sign in a car. The elevated eye level in an SUV puts the sign
> about level with the driver. So, it doesn't register.

That, sir, is cobblers.

A *competent* driver of *any* road-legal vehicle will see the stop
sign ahead of him *long* before its exact height becomes relevant
(unless, of course, the highway authority has allowed it to be
obscured by other clutter - but that's quite another matter).

An *incompetent* driver may very well miss the sign, whether he is
driving a Lincoln Navigator or an E-Type Jag.

There may, of course, be a *statistical correlation* between choice
of vehicle and driving competence, but competence is *far and away*
the more significant factor in road safety.

JR North wrote:

> The main beef I have with SUVs is the people who drive them have little
> or no experience with the shifted drivers perspective due to the
> elevated eye level. I have come within a short hair's width of being
> broadsided TWICE by Lincoln Navigators, who's drivers ran a stop sign on
> an intersecting side street. This is because they are used to looking UP
> at a stop sign in a car. The elevated eye level in an SUV puts the sign
> about level with the driver. So, it doesn't register.

That, sir, is cobblers.

A *competent* driver of *any* road-legal vehicle will see the stop
sign ahead of him *long* before its exact height becomes relevant
(unless, of course, the highway authority has allowed it to be
obscured by other clutter - but that's quite another matter).

An *incompetent* driver may very well miss the sign, whether he is
driving a Lincoln Navigator or an E-Type Jag.

There may, of course, be a *statistical correlation* between choice
of vehicle and driving competence, but competence is *far and away*
the more significant factor in road safety.

"JR North" > wrote in message
...
>snip
> I was waiting to turn left into a 7-11
> with my brake and T/S lights on in my '70 Datsun Roadster. I glanced in
> my RVM to see a Ford Expedition barreling right at me at 45mph. I
> stomped the gas and got out of her way just in the nick of time. I could
> see her face as I glanced- see was staring straight ahead- didn't even
> see me sitting there. If I hadn't moved, I would have been killed-
> literally run-over by that monster.

And why would that be a bad thing?

This smells like the crap it is. At least you could have made up a
convincing tale. Just for the entertainment value.
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Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com

"JR North" > wrote in message
...
>snip
> I was waiting to turn left into a 7-11
> with my brake and T/S lights on in my '70 Datsun Roadster. I glanced in
> my RVM to see a Ford Expedition barreling right at me at 45mph. I
> stomped the gas and got out of her way just in the nick of time. I could
> see her face as I glanced- see was staring straight ahead- didn't even
> see me sitting there. If I hadn't moved, I would have been killed-
> literally run-over by that monster.

And why would that be a bad thing?

This smells like the crap it is. At least you could have made up a
convincing tale. Just for the entertainment value.
--
********
Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com

"Pounds on Wood" > wrote in message
...
>
> "JR North" > wrote in message
> ...
>>snip
>> I was waiting to turn left into a 7-11
>> with my brake and T/S lights on in my '70 Datsun Roadster. I glanced in
>> my RVM to see a Ford Expedition barreling right at me at 45mph. I
>> stomped the gas and got out of her way just in the nick of time. I could
>> see her face as I glanced- see was staring straight ahead- didn't even
>> see me sitting there. If I hadn't moved, I would have been killed-
>> literally run-over by that monster.
>
> And why would that be a bad thing?
>
> This smells like the crap it is. At least you could have made up a
> convincing tale. Just for the entertainment value.
> --
> ********
> Bill Pounds
> http://www.billpounds.com
>
>

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.

"Pounds on Wood" > wrote in message
...
>
> "JR North" > wrote in message
> ...
>>snip
>> I was waiting to turn left into a 7-11
>> with my brake and T/S lights on in my '70 Datsun Roadster. I glanced in
>> my RVM to see a Ford Expedition barreling right at me at 45mph. I
>> stomped the gas and got out of her way just in the nick of time. I could
>> see her face as I glanced- see was staring straight ahead- didn't even
>> see me sitting there. If I hadn't moved, I would have been killed-
>> literally run-over by that monster.
>
> And why would that be a bad thing?
>
> This smells like the crap it is. At least you could have made up a
> convincing tale. Just for the entertainment value.
> --
> ********
> Bill Pounds
> http://www.billpounds.com
>
>

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.

>
> 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.

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Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com

>
> 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

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
>
>