Re: [VACList] Re: Rear Mirror

[Joann Wheatley <jwheatle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The fellow who keeps our house intact and everything running has a 
really big truck with a solid (no windows) utility body about 16 long. 
He has a round parabolic mirror mounted on the rear of the roof and it 
looks down onto the rear bumper as you've described. I've been looking 
for one of those ever since I wiped out a little white, low Honda car 
with my pickup & shell. The car was right on my bumper when I backed up 
and didn't show up at all in my rearview mirror. In the meantime, I did 
put a Frisell (?) lens on the rear window of the camper. The images are 
reduced in size and it takes a while for the brain to learn to 
translate the image but eventually it does and you can not only see 
your rear bumper and beyond but also see to the sides for spaced out 
pedestrians who seem to float by behind a backing vehicle. That still 
amazes it - I guess they figure everyone will look out for them?
Jo Ann