>Unfortunately, the wisdom that seemed to prevail right up until the
>end of the 70s that the ideal driving position is sitting on the back
>bumper is long gone; now we have "cab-forward" design and front ends
>that, if anything, look shorter than the actually are. (I drive a '97
>Camaro, and despite having a substantial hood by 1997 standards, I
>cannot actually see it when behind the wheel.)

This is because we live in the age of clueless f-wits who...
1)Don't really know how to drive and shouldn't have been issued a license in the first place and/or...
2)Are utterly incapable of judging distances and of knowing what constitutes -very- bad place to try and parallel park your car.

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