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this is a spin-off of the topic Re: [MV] legal case in Sacramento re camo-painted
vehicles
where a MV was hit and the driver claimed it to be invisible due to the cammo
paint.
While I'll be the first to admit that you could never use an M35 to sneak up on
anyone I was flat out amazed at how well the truck 'disappeared' into the night
while trying to photograph my truck with the Christmas lights on it. I took
several pictures with the lights on and off to try to get the exposure and F-stop
settings right (digital cameras are great for this since it costs nothing and
provides instant results). Anyway, in most of the photos all that showed up were
the reflectors and headlights! As I put down the camera and looked at the truck
with just my eyes I realized that it if I didn't know it was there it would be
incredibly difficult to pick out of the darkness.
Just something to keep in mind as we are motoring around. The bozos out there
might not see you and while they will sustain the majority of the damage I wouldn't
want some joker to so much as bend a mud flap on my truck!
Keep them rollin' and keep it safe,
-=-
Richard Notton wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patricia Gibbons <wa6ube@ix.netcom.com>
> To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
> Date: 30 December 1999 17:58
> Subject: [MV] legal case in Sacramento re camo-painted vehicles
>
> >
> >The woman's attorney, raised the definition of camouflage at the
> >proceeding
> >and claimed in court that because the military vehicle had a camouflage
> >paint pattern, his client could not easily see the approaching vehicle.
> >
> >Her attorney further emphasized the point that the <entire reason> that
> ><anything> would be painted with a camouflage paint pattern is
> ><expressly>
> >for the purpose of rendering the item as invisible as possible and
> >to blend the item into the background.
> >
> >The woman driver prevailed in this case . . . . . . . . . . . .
> >
> A great shame and injustice but not entirely unexpected in an apparently
> litigation-mad country, over here the mil are never seen on the road, even in a
> solitary Land Rover, without headlights on.
>
> I, and many others choose to do the same for the very reason of negating any
> claims of being "invisible" should the worst happen. Observers tell me that
> even my 20' 10" x 8' 7" and 8' 6" high truck becomes indistinct with NATO
> camouflage against our greenery as the intended design effect of the pattern
> blurs the outline.
>
> Richard
> (Southampton UK)
>
> A Happy and Safe Y2K to you all.
>
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