Of course its legal!  Don't let the Chicken Littles get you down.

I spent years driving cube vans, dump trucks, five ton trucks and
tradesman's vans, none of which had back windows.

I think you develop better traffic-monitoring skills when relying solely on
the side mirrors.

Of course as always, YMMV

Jake

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Matt Thyer <matt_thyer@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Heh,
>
> Yep Zeno is the name of my van.  He's named after Zeno of Elea <
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno_of_Elea> who is the Greek philosopher
> who
> invented the dialectic and, in context, wrote several paradoxes of motion
> including "the arrow paradox".
>
> "If everything when it occupies an equal space is at rest, and if that
> which
> is in locomotion is always occupying such a space at any moment, the flying
> arrow is therefore motionless."
>
> This is supposed to make me feel better when we're all stationary on the
> side of some road together.  I could be stationary at any moment regardless
> of vector or momentum.
>
> And yes, I do sometimes drive with the blinds closed.  Not sure if its
> legal
> or not, but no one's bothered me so far and if they do I'll happily offer
> to
> open them to the view.
>
> MT
> http://zenoswagen.wordpress.com/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Michael Sullivan
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:07 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: /Window Tinting. Cut the curtains
>
> Hey, dave...Zeno is a listmembers van that was posted recenetly with the
> new
> solar panel setup and the pics showed it in the windfarm...you
> member..right?  Anyhoo...I see LOTS of GM conversion vans wth the shades
> pulled on the road and I am not saying it is legal, just...what was it we
> were discussing??? :-).
> BTW-I work about 80 hrs a week and my clients are really getting me worked
> up today so sorry if I can't elaborate more.  Back to work.
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 2:02 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > What is Zeno?  however, others have convinced me that some do drive
> > without rear or side visibility, except for mirrors.  I have seen many
> > panel vans, and of course, large trucks (and motor homes) lack rear
> > and side window visibility.  That doesn't mean that those of us who
> > have it shouldn't keep it.  I'd certainly feel handicapped without as
> > wide a range of vision as possible.  DMc
> >
> > ---- Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >  > < But aren't the shades that folks use "see through"?
> > > > David McNeely
> > >
> > >   Didn't we just see Zeno with the shades in the back (the vertical
> > blinds)?
> > > Michael in San Antonio
> > > 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
> >
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

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