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Use Car Ceiling Space

Category: Neat new features
Responses: 11 (6 in support, 1 neutral, 4 in opposition)
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Eric Rasmusen's weblog has suggested:

Car Roofs and Velcro. Today I had a good idea. Why, when there is so much wasted space in cars, do we put things on the seats, the back shelf, or the glove compartment? Instead, attach things to the dashboard and roof in places where space is otherwise useless. I've attached my MP3 player's remote control on the dashboard, and a box of tissues on the ceiling. This is practical even with due regard for visibility and for the reaction of such objects to a car crash. I used velcro on the car and the object, which allows for future repositioning.

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Ian Ayres, Oct 18 2003

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Would looking up whilst driving not impair vision?

sander, Nov 02 2003

I'm quite tall and already have a visibilty issue in my small car. I think this may be dangerous for people like me... Perhaps it would work for some, but not all of us...

asmallturnip, Nov 19 2003

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