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Old 08-02-2022, 05:07 PM   #30 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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Vision is another thing on SUV's and pickups. Sitting in my sedan I can see my flat bed trailer right in front of me. In my brother's pickup you have to be a ways back. No wonder a pickup driver ran over the rear of my trailer at Home Depot.

When I was driving school bus one driver came back from his route and said a girl got off and he didn't see where she went. Looking in his crossover mirrors he saw her leaning up on the front bumper. If a little girl leans on the front bumper of a typical sedan she'll be easier to see than if she does that to an SUV or pickup. Of course it doesn't have to be a girl leaning up on the grill or bumper, even a ways out a small person can be hard or impossible to see. You can still have a small enough person close enough or low enough in front of a sedan to not see him but he'd have to be smaller or closer or lower than with an SUV or pickup.
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