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.

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Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com