JR North wrote:
/rant
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. People who are
used to driving trucks do not make this error. The higher driver
position causes an error in judging the distance of the car in front,

SNIP

My current and last SUV were both rear ended by people who must have thought
they were invisible. We have never had an at-fault accident in either or my
previous two Jeep Grand Cherokees. Both my 2000 MDX and my 2004 X5 (6 days
old!) were hit by full-size Ford vans. In both cases, my vehicle was stopped.
The damage to the X5 including all of its safety gadgets was a bit over $7000.

Based on your theory, I guess people in E150 vans can't look FORWARD.

Dan