[ikka]

This is an interesting incident, in that the photo evidence appeared to show Rachel in front of a garden-variety bulldozer.

The much less publicized side picture, however, showed that the bulldozer was HUGE, on the order of a Caterpillar D9 or so. In these beasts, you should wear ear protection and the driver is seated 8 feet off the ground or so; making it far less likely that the operator could even see her (and far more obvious that Rachel was doing something stupid).

[Alouette]

making it far less likely that the operator could even see her

Not only that, but the IDF bulldozers driver's cab is heavily armored, so the visibility would be even less than an ordinary industrial grade Caterpillar.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

(and far more obvious that Rachel was doing something stupid).

Like letting her leftists friends convince her to endanger herself for their cause.

[MaxPlus305]

That bulldozer is huge...but from this perspective, it looks like the distance between Corrie and the bulldozer was maybe enough that the driver could see her? But maybe the driver assumed that, as he got closer, she would move...and of course, she would be out of sight.

[McGavin999]

That's what I tried to tell people when this thing first happened. You just can't imagine how big those things are until you get up close to them. The line of vision is very narrow and you can't hear anything except the roar of the engine. The girl could move far faster than that dozer and it was only her conceit and being convinced the dozer would stop that killed her. There was no way that driver could even know she was there.

[IYAS9YAS]

I remember seeing two types of dozers as well. One she was standing in front of looked very normal and not very big. The other, however, was huge and I agree that she would not have been seen. I wondered what was going on and chalked it up to the fact that it probably wasn't the first time this mental midget stood in front of a bulldozer.