That was EXACTLY my point!!!
I forgot to mention you shouldn't pack ABOVE the back
seat backrest...
An added benefit of the backreast slope is that it
"catches" the stuff in the luggage are when breaking
suddenly.
Better think BEFORE than AFTER...:-)

cheers, T-man.

--- Jeff Stewart <fonman4277@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> Here's something else to think about. On the way to
> EveryBus 2001, our
> caravan had to make a sudden stop due to one bus
> breaking down. The bus
> behind me stopped about an inch away from my rear
> bumper, but when he had
> packed for the trip, he had put his tent poles on
> top of a pile of stuff in
> the back-one of the poles became a missile, missing
> the back of his head by
> mere inches and going right into the windshield,
> which it cracked! Better to
> lose a windshield than have a metal pole stuck in
> the back of your head.
> Pack carefully!
> Jeff Stewart
> 1977 Westfalia
> 1974 S. Beetle Conv.
> http://www.geocities.com/busnut4277

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