"Pounds on Wood" wrote in message
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"JR North" wrote in message
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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



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.