Date:         Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:40:22 -0500
Reply-To:     David King <dlking58@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David King <dlking58@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: I get no respect
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Would you believe one night I witnesses a person with a lit cigarette in one
hand, a cell phone in the other and trying to drive?----- Original
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From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@GULL.US>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: I get no respect


> On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, The corruptor wrote:
>
> > I had many close call in the past on my bike with stupid driver entering
> > highway, never looking in the dead angle, i said dead angle, i said dead
> > angle.................why the hell do we call that dead angle, they must
be
> > a good reason!!!!!!!!!
>
> In English it's usually called a "blind spot", but "dead angle" makes for
> a good hint at the consequences of not checking it!
>
> BTW, Vanagons have big blind spots, and the size and placement of the B
> pillar makes them hard to check.  I highly recommend those stick-on convex
> blind spot mirrors.
>
>
> David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
> '86 Volvo 240DL wagon