[Magdalen] the ironies of heading south

[Roger Stokes]

On 16/01/2015 21:40, Marion Thompson wrote:
> Check your rearview mirror vicinity for sunroof control.  I am loving 
> my heated seats -- and also the sunroof, which is forever unshielded, 
> but probably not going to be opened anytime soon!.  Love the light!  
> Have no use for the rearview camera.  I find I can see 'better' myself 
> looking  back, but it may come when I truly understand what it's 
> showing me!

The rental car I had last fall had a rear-view camera - the first time I 
have experienced such a thing.  I found it useful if I was reversing 
into a bay in a parking lot as I could position myself well with the 
lines marking the bay.  The low height of the camera can also reveal 
hazards which are invisible using the rear-view mirror or looking over 
your shoulder through the rear window because they are too low and too 
close.

I recall the story some months ago of someone getting out of her car to 
see why her reversing sensor was sounding when she could see nothing 
directly behind her.  A woman in the next door bay was loading shopping 
into her car oblivious to the fact that her toddler was directly behind 
a car in the adjacent bay and the child's head was below the edge of the 
rear window.  It was only the sensor that prevented the child being run 
over.

Roger