I thought it was the other way around. I've driven cars which have a convex mirror on the driver's side. This is done so that the driver has a wider view of what is behind him/her to try to reduce the "blind spot" to the side of the car if someone is overtaking. This has the effect of making the other cars appear further away than they really are.
Nope. Your explanation is right, but for the mirror on the passenger side.
Nope. Your explanation is right, but for the mirror on the passenger side.
Yeah, I just looked it up and it seems that is correct. Not sure why though, beauuse I would have thought that there is more of a problem with a blind spot on the driver's side than the passenger side. And I'm sure I've seen that on the driver's side too, or am I just thinking of the little extra bit that you sometimes get that is angled differently to allow you to see more of the driver's side than normal (now I've definitely seen that before, in fact I'm sure I've had cars with those on).
Libel only. I've seen it claimed on more than one occasion that the UK libel laws are heavily in favour of the person suing. I think it's the one case where the defendant has to prove their innocence.
Yeah, probably right for libel cases, right enough.
If the odd news items are anything to go by, I think that India may be the keenest to sue. There seems to be cases where organisations rush to sue people. When whoever it was kissed Shilpa Shetty, for instance, there were news items that he was being sued. I don't know if any cases actually come to court, or whether its just to raise the profile.
Libel only. I've seen it claimed on more than one occasion that the UK libel laws are heavily in favour of the person suing. I think it's the one case where the defendant has to prove their innocence.
The defendant in a libel cases is the person making a claim about someone, therefore the defendant has to prove that what they said was true. You can't just publish accusations about someone unless you can back up what you are saying. Would you want it to be the other way round?
Well the compensation culture certainly started in the USA but the UK is catching up what with all the ads on TV. One result of course will be higher insurance premiums and possibly higher council taxes. A couple of years ago a guy came knocking at the door touting for business, '' Have you had any personal injuries in the last so many years'', ''no'' I said , ''are you sure'' says he and reeled off a few possible types of accidents that I might have encountered like tripping on a badly laid paving stone and others. Councils are a easy target as they hardly ever go to court .... cheaper to just pay up.
It says: "Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear" which makes perfect sense as objects in the mirror of the passenger side are closer than they appear while in things seen in the mirror on the driver's side are to scale. The reason for that is the fact that the mirror on the driver's side is planar while the one on the passenge side is convex.
You are correct. I always thought it was there to protect Pedestrians or Motorcyclists or something.
This is one thing about British people I will never understand
What, that we don't need the obvious stated to us, we can figure out that a cup of coffee is hot and we don't need to blame the person who made it if we spill it over ourselves?
What, that we don't need the obvious sated to us, we can figure out that a cup of coffee is hot and we don't need to blame the person who made it if we spill it over ourselves?
I heard a man tried to rob a house and was in the garage when the owners , not relasing they were being burgled, locked it and went on holiday for two weeks.
The burgalar then sued the family as he'd been imprisoned for 2 weeks and had to survive on Pepsi Max and Dog food. :rolleyes:
Cake_Nibbler, that really made me laugh - did the burglar sue successfully?
October 1998: A Terrence Dickson of Bristol,
Pennsylvania was leaving a house he had just finished
robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the
garage door to go up since the automatic door opener was
malfunctioning. He couldn't re-enter the house because the
door connecting the house and garage locked when he
pulled it shut. The family was on vacation. Mr. Dickson
found himself locked in the garage for eight days. He
subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and a large bag of
dry dog food. He sued the homeowner's insurance claiming
the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury
agreed to the tune of half a million dollars.
What, that we don't need the obvious stated to us, we can figure out that a cup of coffee is hot and we don't need to blame the person who made it if we spill it over ourselves?
Funny that all take-out coffee cups in the UK have the same warning on them...;)
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Nope. Your explanation is right, but for the mirror on the passenger side.
Yeah, I just looked it up and it seems that is correct. Not sure why though, beauuse I would have thought that there is more of a problem with a blind spot on the driver's side than the passenger side. And I'm sure I've seen that on the driver's side too, or am I just thinking of the little extra bit that you sometimes get that is angled differently to allow you to see more of the driver's side than normal (now I've definitely seen that before, in fact I'm sure I've had cars with those on).
Yeah, probably right for libel cases, right enough.
From the above, we're aren't the only ones!
that's no basis for drawing your conclusion.
This is one thing about British people I will never understand
You are correct. I always thought it was there to protect Pedestrians or Motorcyclists or something.
No, You're doing just what the other person did.
Cake_Nibbler, that really made me laugh - did the burglar sue successfully?
from a link "Actual lawsuits that will laugh your A$$ off"
Mothers suing sons for rent, brother suing sister over a hairdryer etc.
Funny that all take-out coffee cups in the UK have the same warning on them...;)