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Subject:Re: Blindspots sensors
From:Harry Hoffman
Date:Sun, 4 Jun 2017 13:53:06 -0400

Hi Edward,

So, I'm hoping to prevent a recurrence of damage to my rain gutters.

I've got Thule racks that extend beyond the width of the van. I have, on
occasion, struck the rack side rail against a tree limb which actually tore
into my rain gutter :-(

Cheers,
Harry

On Jun 4, 2017 9:32 AM, "Edward Maglott" <emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've seen these on Banggood and was interested but have never bought one.
> https://www.banggood.com/search/car-parking-sensor.html  They have some on
> their US site if you don't want to wait for shipping from china.
>
> Harry are you looking for something that will warn you when you are driving
> if someone is in your blindspot, like what is available in some new cars?
> I rode in a rental with that and it seems like that would be quite helpful
> in a vanagon but probably quite  a challenge to implement.
>
> Edward
>
> On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Dug Smith <dug@dugbert.com> wrote:
>
> > I honestly don't remember where I got them, but it'd be something like:
> > http://www.slickcar.com/reverse-backup-sensors.asp
> >
> > On 6/3/2017 22:50, Jared Planter wrote:
> >
> >> Can you share a URL to the set you purchased?
> >>
> >
> > toodle pip,
> > --
> >       Dug Smith          | Terry Pratchett: It's almost
> > (mailto:dug@dugbert.com) |  impossible to ride a rock and roll
> > (http://www.dugbert.com) |  motorbike and stay on for three verses.
> >
>