From: Adrian on
Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caPmw3OVQMo

> No, its real. You can't see anything below 4ft high within 4ft of the
> windscreen

So a 5.5-6ft wide, 4.5-5ft high car would be visible?

> All you need to do is either catch the rear corner of a car as you
> change lanes or have some dumbarse carve you up just a bit too much.

Which would be visible, no?
From: ChelseaTractorMan on
On 17 Mar 2010 11:47:32 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>What about other road users
>pointing and waving and hooting?

or the hit car itself hooting, (its lights are on)
--
Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Nkosi (ama-ecosse) on
On 17 Mar, 11:49, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
> >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caPmw3OVQMo
> > No, its real. You can't see anything below 4ft high within 4ft of the
> > windscreen
>
> So a 5.5-6ft wide, 4.5-5ft high car would be visible?
>
> > All you need to do is either catch the rear corner of a car as you
> > change lanes or have some dumbarse carve you up just a bit too much.
>
> Which would be visible, no?

Definately a fuckwit like the BP and other petrol tanker racing
drivers who scream down Inchyra Road in Grangemouth (40 limit) at well
over 50mph.

Nkosi
From: Conor on
On 17/03/2010 11:47, Adrian wrote:

> It's also irrelevant to the detail that the wagon is still tonking along
> oblivious of the car's presence. I can just about visualise the line-of-
> sight precluding it being seen once it's there - but what kind of angle
> of impact would get it there without impinging on that line of sight at
> all? How would the impact not be felt? What about other road users
> pointing and waving and hooting?

I reckon, and this is only a guess, that about the same as required for
a PITT manouvre the US Police do.

It is quite easy to hit something in a wgon and not even notice, even
moreso with the fucked up roads we have in this country. However I'd
reckon that at the front end, even if you didn't feel the shunt you
would need to be deaf and devoid of all sense of smell not to hear the
noise or smell the burning rubber.

As for the waving and hooting, yeah I think I'd have got the message
something was wrong quite quickly - I once had a rear door come
unfastened and it only took one car passing, pulling in front and
putting his hazards on as he did to get "I think I should pull over and
have a look around to see whats wrong". However I wonder how many were
like those in the video and spent more time filming it than waving their
arms etc, although I doubt it was everyone.

Thankfully, its not a common event. I have never seen it in real life
and, as of today, only know about two events.

--
Conor
I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Adrian on
Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

> As for the waving and hooting, yeah I think I'd have got the message
> something was wrong quite quickly - I once had a rear door come
> unfastened and it only took one car passing, pulling in front and
> putting his hazards on as he did to get "I think I should pull over and
> have a look around to see whats wrong".

Yep, I've attracted the attention of truckers to problems - usually no
trailer lights at all - before now, with little difficulty.