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My complaint is they completely block line of sight to the highway ahead -- especially those with the tinted windows. Usually, we don't have this problem with cars and small to mid-sized trucks, but Suburbans, Explorers, and those gawd-awful ugly Navigators fill the lane from stripe to stripe and tower well above the rest of traffic.

My general rule of thumb: if your vehicle is going to completely block my line of sight, don't expect me to let you merge in front of me.

My complaint is they completely block line of sight to the highway ahead -- especially those with the tinted windows. Usually, we don't have this problem with cars and small to mid-sized trucks, but Suburbans, Explorers, and those gawd-awful ugly Navigators fill the lane from stripe to stripe and tower well above the rest of traffic.

My general rule of thumb: if your vehicle is going to completely block my line of sight, don't expect me to let you merge in front of me.

Yes! Thank you.

And gawd-awful ugly is right.

My complaint is they completely block line of sight to the highway ahead -- especially those with the tinted windows.

I drive a full-size SUV, but I agree with you.

There should be a requirement for "transvisibility" that enables one in a standard vehicle see through to the center brake light of the car ahead. Vehicles not complying with this (perhaps we exempt those with very long stopping distances such as semi trucks and buses) would be assessed an additional road tax to internalize their safety cost on others. It would create an incentive to produce such vehicles, and an incentive for buyers to choose them.

In addition, we prohibit modifications of a vehicle's bumper height, and have a similar tax for vehicles needing non-standard bumper heights.

Same for hood heights that prohibit a right-turner from seeing over to the oncoming lane.

Even a libertarian recognizes that external costs should be internalized.