On 7 Nov 2019 at 11:17, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > Side question: Why has it become fashionable to reduce the size of > windows as much as possible (creating huge pillars and reducing > visibility), and then painting an inch or more of the edges black?
I may be remembering incorrectly, but I think I read some years ago that by making the windows small and darkening them radically, US automakers were responding to their customers' perceptions that they felt "safer" when other people (presumably evildoers) couldn't easily see into their vehicles. IMO that actually makes the vehicles LESS safe because the driver can't see potential hazards as well as before, but what do I know? The A pillars have been widened to accommodate the curtain air bags. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
