tell that to the majority of imbiciles on the road ...they think the mirror is for putting on lipstick or hangin trophy underwear...
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an old Garmin Quest in my Volvo V70, which has something of a drop > hood. But I can mount it very low on the left so that it's just a couple > inches from the near edge of the dash. It's near, so I can see detail in the > tiny screen, and it mostly blocks my view of the dash. > I'm something of an expert driver and during some periods of my life I've > put on a lot of miles, (I used to drive truck) but I prefer not to rely on > the training my brain has and detest anything blocking my view. I think > things dangling from the mirror are particularly stupid. When driving a > vehicle, the only things moving in your field of vision should be other > vehicle and the road. But that's just me. > > > rleesimon wrote: > >> The brain will train to "see" ahead with seemingly "unblocked" view >> despite objects in the way ...extrapolation and parallax compensates >> ...however, there is still a "blind spot" which is not really "seen" and it >> would be worthwhile to remove such objects to save one little kid... >> >> > > -- This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end --TheDoors ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
